Tautology
111Unification (computer science) — Unification, in computer science and logic, is an algorithmic process by which one attempts to solve the satisfiability problem. The goal of unification is to find a substitution which demonstrates that two seemingly different terms are in fact… …
112Inutility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inutility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inutility inutility Sgm: N 1 uselessness uselessness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 inefficacy inefficacy futility Sgm: N 1 ineptitude ineptitude inaptitude Sgm: N 1 …
113reason... is because — is a common construction, and has been for at least two hundred years, but it continues to be criticized as a tautology by many authorities. Consider an example from the Observer: The reason she spends less and less time in England these days… …
114verbiage — verbiage, redundancy, tautology, pleonasm, circumlocution, periphrasis are comparable when they denote a fault of style or a form or mode of expression involving the use of too many words. Verbiage may imply delight in words for their own sake… …
115pleonastic — adjective repetition of same sense in different words a true fact and a free gift are pleonastic expressions the phrase a beginner who has just started is tautological at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition J.B.Conant… …
116tautologic — adjective repetition of same sense in different words a true fact and a free gift are pleonastic expressions the phrase a beginner who has just started is tautological at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition J.B.Conant… …
117tautological — adjective repetition of same sense in different words a true fact and a free gift are pleonastic expressions the phrase a beginner who has just started is tautological at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition J.B.Conant… …
118tau´to|log´i|cal|ly — tau|to|log|i|cal «T tuh LOJ uh kuhl», adjective. 1. having to do with tautology. 2. characterized by or using tautology. –tau´to|log´i|cal|ly, adverb …
119tau|to|log|i|cal — «T tuh LOJ uh kuhl», adjective. 1. having to do with tautology. 2. characterized by or using tautology. –tau´to|log´i|cal|ly, adverb …
120Repetition — Rep e*ti tion (r[e^]p [ e] t[i^]sh [u^]n), n. [L. repetitio: cf. F. r[ e]p[ e]tition. See {Repeat}.] 1. The act of repeating; a doing or saying again; iteration. [1913 Webster] I need not be barren of accusations; he hath faults, with surplus to… …
