Look up: surd

1. surd
   [adj] - (linguistics) of speech sounds 2. [n] - a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords
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2. Surd
   Used in mathematics to describe an irrational quantity. See also: Irrational Number.
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3. 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.' <...
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4. 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.
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5. 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...
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6. surd
   voiceless consonant noun a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords
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7. 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, ...
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8. 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 ...
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9. Surd
   Surd is an algebraic term to describe a quantity not expressible in rational numbers, such as the cube root of 3.
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10. surd
    In mathematics, expression containing the root of an irrational number that can never be exactly expressed – for example, √3 = 1.732050808... . √3 can be expressed in index notation as 3^1/2 or 3 to the power half. Simplifying surds (roots) Expressions involving surds can be factorized numerically to s...
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11. surd
    a large surdo. Also called surdo terremoto ("earthquake") or surdo treme terra ("earth tremors").
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