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Meaning of 'surd' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Surd [ a.]
- 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, //169, 179, 180.
2 . Surd [ n.]
- A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers; thus, Ã2 is a surd.
- A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4.

Meaning of 'surd' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . surd [ a]
Meaning (1):
- produced without vibration of the vocal cords
Example in sentence:
  • unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'

Nearby Words:

sur- sura suradanni suraddition surah sural surance surangular surbase surbased

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