Superfluous means unnecessary or excessive. It may also refer to: *Superfluous precision, the use of calculated measurements beyond

significant figures Significant figures (also known as the significant digits, ''precision'' or ''resolution'') of a number in positional notation are digits in the number that are reliable and necessary to indicate the quantity of something. If a number expre ...

*'' The Diary of a Superfluous Man'', an 1850 novella by Russian author Ivan Turgenev * Superfluous man, a Russian archetype inspired by the above novella

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