surd
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
surd (plural surds)
- (arithmetic) An irrational number, especially one expressed using the √ symbol.
- (linguistics) A voiceless consonant.
surd
- (obsolete) Lacking the sense of hearing; deaf.
- 1670s, published 1716, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, part 3 ↗, section 6:
- …how all Words fall to the Ground, spent upon such a surd and Earless Generation of Men, stupid unto all Instruction…
- 1670s, published 1716, Thomas Browne, Christian Morals, part 3 ↗, section 6:
- (obsolete) unheard
- 1773, William Kenrick (writer), A New Dictionary of the English Language, section 3, page 5 ↗:
- To this errour, of blending the ſurd and vocal modes of articulation together, may be added the too frequent uſe of compound articulations both vocal and ſurd.
- 1773, William Kenrick (writer), A New Dictionary of the English Language, section 3, page 5 ↗:
- (math) Involving surds, or irrational numbers; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers.
- a surd expression or quantity; a surd number
- (phonetics) unvoiced; voiceless
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