Word Meaning

surd definition and meaning

a. Net having the sense of hearing; deaf.
a. Unheard.
a. Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd number.
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.
n. A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers; thus, Ã2 is a surd.
n. A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4.

Crossword clues for surd

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- Irrational quantity