| Surd (surd) |
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| Surd |
| [L. surdus deaf
(whence the meaning, deaf to reason, irrational |
Net having
the sense of hearing; deaf.
Unheard.
Involving surds; not capable
of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a
surd expression or quantity; a surd number.
Uttered, as an element
of speech, without tone, or proper vocal sound; voiceless;
unintonated; nonvocal; atonic; whispered; aspirated; sharp; hard, as
f, p, s, etc.; -- opposed to sonant. See
Guide to Pronunciation, §𨴁, 179, 180.
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A quantity which can not be expressed by
rational numbers; thus, ***radic]2 is a surd.
A surd element of speech.
See Surd, a., 4.
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