Thesaurus: surd

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1. a. Net having the sense of hearing; deaf.
2. a. Unheard.
3. a. Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd number.
4. a. 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.
5. n. A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers; thus, Ã2 is a surd.
6. n. A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4.
7. adj. produced without vibration of the vocal cords
8. n. a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords
9. 1. Net having the sense of hearing; deaf. [Obs.] "A surd . . . generation." Sir T. Browne. 2. Unheard. [Obs.] Kenrick. 3. (Math.) Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd number. 4. (Phonetics) 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. 1. A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers; thus, *2 is a surd. 2. (Phon.) A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4.
10. Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rationalnumbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; asurd number.
11. n. a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords