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Surd   Listen
adjective
Surd  adj.  
1.
Net having the sense of hearing; deaf. (Obs.) "A surd... generation."
2.
Unheard. (Obs.)
3.
(Math.) Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd number.
4.
(Phonetics) 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.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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