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Definition of Superfluous

Superfluous
Superfluous Su*per"flu*ous, a. [L. superfluus overflowing; super over, above + fluere to flow. See Super-, and Fluent.] More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price. --Shak. An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous. --E. Everett. Superfluous interval (Mus.), an interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone. Syn: Unnecessary; useless; exuberant; excessive; redundant; needless. -- Su*per"flu*ous*ly, adv. -- Su*per"flu*ous*ness, n.

Meaning of Superfluous from wikipedia

- Look up superfluous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Superfluous means unnecessary or excessive. It may also refer to: Superfluous precision, the use...
- The superfluous man (Russian: лишний человек, líshniy chelovék, "extra person") is an 1840s and 1850s Russian literary concept derived from the Byronic...
- The Diary of a Superfluous Man (Russian: «Дневник лишнего человека», Dnevník líshnego chelovéka) is an 1850 novella by the Russian author Ivan Turgenev...
- self-identify as "libertarian". His best-known books are Memoirs of a Superfluous Man and Our Enemy, the State. Throughout his life, Nock was a deeply...
- Superfluous People (German:Überflüssige Menschen) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Aleksandr Razumny and starring Eugen Klöpfer, Camilla von Hollay...
- nomen conservandum for "conserved name", and nomen superfluum for "superfluous name"), the definition of each term is in English rather than Latin....
- (1881). Music: Its Theory & Practice, p.89-90. Thurgate & Sons. Digitized Aug 16, 2007. Archaically: superfluous third. Benward & Saker (2003), p.92....
- Practice, p.89-90. Thurgate & Sons. Digitized Aug 16, 2007. Archaic: superfluous or extreme sharp sixth. Benward & Saker (2003), p.92. Paul, Oscar (1885)...
- nicknames such as Lost In Stupid Parentheses, or Lots of Irritating Superfluous Parentheses. However, the S-expression syntax is also responsible for...
- notion of an essential submodule is that of superfluous submodule (or small submodule). A submodule N is superfluous if for any other submodule H, N+H=M{\displaystyle...