Look up: surd

1. 
   Surd
   Surd is an algebraic term to describe a quantity not expressible in rational numbers, such as the cube root of 3.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php
   
   
2. 
   surd
   [adj] - (linguistics) of speech sounds 2. [n] - a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
3. 
   Surd
   Used in mathematics to describe an irrational quantity. See also: Irrational Number.
   Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour
   
   
4. 
   Surd
   Definition (keystage 3) An expression containing irrational square roots, or higher-powered roots.
   Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht
   
   
5. 
   Surd
   Surd adjective [ Latin surdus deaf (whence the meaning, deaf to reason, irrational), perhaps akin to English swart . Confer Sordine .] 1. Net having the sense of hearing; deaf. [ Obsolete] 'A surd . . . generation.' Sir T. Browne. 2. Unheard. [ Obsolete] Kenrick. 3. (Math.) Involving surds; not capable of being expressed i ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/249
   
   
6. 
   Surd
   Surd noun (Math.) 1. A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers; thus, √2 is a surd . 2. (Phon.) A surd element of speech. See Surd , adjective , 4.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/249
   
   
7. 
   surd
   1. Net having the sense of hearing; deaf. 'A surd . . . Generation.' ... 2. Unheard. ... 3. <mathematics> Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd number. ... 4. Uttered, as an element of speech, without tone, or proper vocal sound; voiceless; unintonated; ...
   Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
   
   
8. 
   surd
   voiceless consonant noun a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords
   Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?
   
   
9. 
   Surd
   `Surd` may be: * A voiceless consonant * An unresolved mathematical expression of an nth root or an irrational number that can be expressed as such a root of a rational number (as opposed to a transcendental number, which cannot) * Surd, Hungary, a village in Zala county, Hungary * Surd evil is another term for Natural evil, a type of random and unexplainable evil without meaning * Jeremiah Surd is a quadriplegic hacker and antagonist from the t...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surd
   
   
10. 
    Surd
    • (a.) Unheard. • (a.) Net having the sense of hearing; deaf. • (a.) Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd number. • (n.) A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4. • (a.) Uttered, as an element of speech, without tone, or proper v...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
11. 
    surd
    (from the article `Incommensurables`) ...essentially mathematical and based on whole numbers. Of special relevance was the manipulation of ratios, which at first took place in accordance ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/189