Definition of surd

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Surd (n.) A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers; thus, Ã2 is a surd..

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Mare''s-nest :: Mare's-nest (n.) A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.
Laputan :: Laputan (a.) Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy..
Preposterous :: Preposterous (a.) Contrary to nature or reason; not adapted to the end; utterly and glaringly foolish; unreasonably absurd; perverted.
Foolishness :: Foolishness (n.) A foolish practice; an absurdity.
Surdal :: Surd (n.) A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4..
Voiceless :: Voiceless (a.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd..
Anatiferous :: Anatiferous (a.) Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle..
Unreason :: Unreason (n.) Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity.
Absurdly :: Absurdly (adv.) In an absurd manner.
Foolish :: Foolish (a.) Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible.
Tenuis :: Tenuis (n.) One of the three surd mutes /, /, /; -- so called in relation to their respective middle letters, or medials, /, /, /, and their aspirates, /, /, /. The term is also applied to the corresponding letters and articulate elements in other languages..
Apagoge :: Apagoge (n.) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.
Foolery :: Foolery (n.) An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something absurd or nonsensical.
Sure :: Surdity (n.) Deafness.
Silly :: Silly (n.) Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question..
Madcap :: Madcap (a.) Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements..
Soft :: Soft (superl.) Belonging to the class of sonant elements as distinguished from the surd, and considered as involving less force in utterance; as, b, d, g, z, v, etc., in contrast with p, t, k, s, f, etc..
Rational :: Rational (a.) Agreeable to reason; not absurd, preposterous, extravagant, foolish, fanciful, or the like; wise; judicious; as, rational conduct; a rational man..
Alogy :: Alogy (n.) Unreasonableness; absurdity.
Surdity :: Surdiny (n.) A sardine.
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