supernumerary
English Thesaurus
1. a minor actor in crowd scenes (noun.person)
2. a person serving no apparent function (noun.person)
3. more than is needed, desired, or required (adj.all)
4. a person serving no apparent function (noun.person)
| derivation | : | excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, |
| definition | : | more than is needed, desired, or required (adj.all) |
5. more than is needed, desired, or required (adj.all)
| derivation | : | redundancy, |
| definition | : | repetition of an act needlessly (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | redundance, redundancy, |
| definition | : | the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | redundancy, |
| definition | : | (electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | redundancy, |
| definition | : | repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | supernumerary, |
| definition | : | a person serving no apparent function (noun.person) |
6. a person serving no apparent function (noun.person)
| derivation | : | excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, |
| definition | : | more than is needed, desired, or required (adj.all) |
7. more than is needed, desired, or required (adj.all)
| derivation | : | redundancy, |
| definition | : | repetition of an act needlessly (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | redundance, redundancy, |
| definition | : | the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | redundancy, |
| definition | : | (electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | redundancy, |
| definition | : | repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | supernumerary, |
| definition | : | a person serving no apparent function (noun.person) |
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