"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.
I know not what quintessence of all this mixture, which, seizing my whole will, carried it to plunge and lose itself in his, and that having seized his whole will, brought it back with equal concurrence and appetite to plunge and lose itself in mine.
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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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