Definition:
- (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.
Compare surd with other words:
sord vs. surd
sued vs. surd
sura vs. surd
curd vs. surd
surd vs. surf
sard vs. surd
surd vs. sure
surd vs. turd
surd vs. unvoiced
deaf vs. surd
surd vs. unheard
consonant vs. surd
hearing vs. surd
surd vs. voiceless
absurd vs. surd