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.
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The Diary of a Superfluous Man
''The Diary of a Superfluous Man'' (russian: «Дневник лишнего человека», ''Dnevnik lishnego cheloveka'') is an 1850 novella by the Russian author Ivan Turgenev. It is written in the first person in the form of a diary by ...
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Superfluous man
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The superfluous man (russian: лишний человек, ''líshniy chelovék'', "extra person") is an 1840s and 1850s Russian literary concept derived from the Byronic hero. It refers to an individual, perhaps talented and capable, w ...
, a Russian archetype inspired by the above novella
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Third wheel (disambiguation)
The term third wheel refers to someone who is superfluous.
Third wheel may also refer to:
Film or television
* ''The Third Wheel'' (film), a 2002 American romantic comedy
* "The Third Wheel" (''That '70s Show''), an episode of ''That '70s Show''
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Fifth wheel (disambiguation)
A fifth wheel is a coupling that provides a link between the trailer and a truck (or a tractor unit).
Fifth wheel may also refer to:
* Fifth-wheel trailer, a type of travel trailer that is a variant of the tractor-trailer version
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