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Word: Surd
Speech Type: Adjective
mid 16th century: from Latin surdus ‘deaf, mute’; as a mathematical term, translating Greek (Euclid) alogos ‘irrational, speechless’, apparently via Arabic jiḏr aṣamm, literally ‘deaf root’. surd (sense 2 of the adjective) dates from the mid 18th century
səːd
(of a number) irrational.
Short Definition:(of number) irrational
(of a speech sound) uttered with the breath and not the voice (e.g. f, k, p, s, t).
Short Definition:(of speech sound) uttered with breath and not voice
Word: Surd
Speech Type: Noun
səːd
a surd number, especially the irrational root of an integer.
Short Definition:surd number
a surd consonant.
Short Definition:surd consonant
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