SURD
\sˈɜːd], \sˈɜːd], \s_ˈɜː_d]\
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Net having the sense of hearing; deaf.
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Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd number.
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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.
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A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers; thus, Ã2 is a surd.
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A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4.
By Oddity Software
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A consonant sound made without voice or tone, as f, p, s.
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Uttered, as certain consonants, without voice or tone.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(alg.) Involving surds. produced by the action of the speech organs on the breath (not the voice) , as the "hard" sounds k, t, p, f, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
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