tautological

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• Tautological — Tau to*log ic*al, a. [Cf. F. tautologique.] Involving tautology; having the same signification; as, tautological expression. {Tau to*log ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] {Tautological echo}, an echo that repeats the same sound or syllable many… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• tautological — UK [ˌtɔːtəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)l] / US [ˌtɔtəˈlɑdʒɪk(ə)l] or tautologous UK [tɔːˈtɒləɡəs] / US [tɔˈtɑləɡəs] adjective linguistics a tautological statement, sentence etc repeats its meaning in an unnecessary way by using different words to say the same thing …   English dictionary

• tautological — [tôt΄ə läj′i kəl] adj. of, involving, or using tautology tautologically adv. * * * See tautology. * * * …   Universalium

• tautological — index iterative, redundant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• tautological — [tôt΄ə läj′i kəl] adj. of, involving, or using tautology tautologically adv …   English World dictionary

• tautological — tau|to|log|i|cal [ ,tɔtə ladʒıkl ] or tau|tol|o|gous [ tɔ taləgəs ] adjective LINGUISTICS a tautological statement, sentence, etc. repeats its meaning in an unnecessary way by using different words to say the same thing: a tautological phrase… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• tautological — [[t]tɔ͟ːtəlɒ̱ʤɪk(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED A tautological statement involves tautology …   English dictionary

• tautological — tautology ► NOUN (pl. tautologies) ▪ the saying of the same thing over again in different words, considered as a fault of style (e.g. they arrived one after the other in succession). DERIVATIVES tautological adjective tautologous adjective.… …   English terms dictionary

• tautological — 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… …   Useful english dictionary

• Tautological echo — Tautological Tau to*log ic*al, a. [Cf. F. tautologique.] Involving tautology; having the same signification; as, tautological expression. {Tau to*log ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] {Tautological echo}, an echo that repeats the same sound or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tautological bundle — In mathematics, tautological bundle is a term for a particularly natural vector bundle occurring over a Grassmannian, and more specially over projective space. Canonical bundle as a name dropped out of favour, on the grounds that canonical is… …   Wikipedia