surd

Speech parts

1. surd - Noun

2. surd - Adjective

Meaning

Net having the sense of hearing; deaf.

Unheard.

Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd number.

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.

A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers; thus, Ã2 is a surd.

A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hard voiceless unvoiced prime back even real strong infinite negative positive impossible finite radical sharp
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Antonyms

high small little simple normal false
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Hypernyms

consonant

Related terms

absurd

Anagrams

UDRS

Examples

unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s' Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

surculoside surculus surcurrent surdal Surdila-Greci surdiny