"Surd" is a word in ENGLISH
Unheard.
A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers;
thus, Ã2 is a surd.
A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4.
Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational
numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd
number.
Net having the sense of hearing; deaf.
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.
Parker looked distressed. He had confidence in Wimsey's judgment, and, in spite of his own interior certainty, he felt shaken."My dear man, where's the flaw in [this case]?""There isn't one ... There's nothing wrong about it at all, except that the girl's innocent.
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The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.
Read the complete definitionAn elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.
Read the complete definitionAn element of speech entirely destitute of vocality, or produced by the breath alone; a nonvocal or surd consonant; a …
Read the complete definitionDestitute of tone vocality; surd.
Read the complete definitionNot capable of being exactly expressed by an integral number, or by a vulgar fraction; surd; -- said especially of …
Read the complete definitionUttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; …
Read the complete definitionBelonging to the class of sonant elements as distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in utterance; …
Read the complete definitionUttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; …
Read the complete definitionA term used differently by different authorities; -- by some as equivalent to fricative, -- that is, as including all …
Read the complete definitionSame as Surd, a., 3.
Read the complete definitionOne of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or …
Read the complete definitionNot sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd.
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