All 7 Uses of
redundant
in
The Martian
- For redundancy, the supply probes had enough food to last the whole crew fifty-six days.†
p. 8.3 *
- Hermes has four redundant flight computers, each connected to three redundant comm systems.†
p. 212.2
- Hermes has four redundant flight computers, each connected to three redundant comm systems.†
p. 212.3
- Between the Hab components and the rover, I'll have two redundant life support systems.†
p. 241.4
- The canvas I stole from it has valve apertures (triple-redundant ones, actually).†
p. 307.7
- The MAV has three redundant methods of communicating with Earth, but they're all extremely directed and are designed for line-of-sight communication.†
p. 323.5
- The orbital maneuvering system has three redundant thrusters.†
p. 328.8
Definition:
more than is needed -- often something that is unnecessarily repeated
or in technical usage: describing a secondary component designed to work if the primary component fails
or in technical usage: describing a secondary component designed to work if the primary component fails