Surd

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