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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Anatiferous :: Anatiferous (a.) Producing ducks; -- applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle..
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..
Voiceless :: Voiceless (a.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd..
Surdity :: Surdiny (n.) A sardine.
Ineptitude :: Ineptitude (n.) Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.
Surd :: Surd (a.) Net having the sense of hearing; deaf.
Surd :: Surd (a.) Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd number..
Mare''s-nest :: Mare's-nest (n.) A supposed discovery which turns out to be a hoax; something grosaly absurd.
Chauvinism :: Chauvinism (n.) Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism..
Quiz :: Quiz (n.) An odd or absurd fellow.
Sonant :: Sonant (a.) Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- sid of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate..
Amphigoric :: Amphigoric (a.) Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.
Surd :: Surd (n.) A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers; thus, Ã2 is a surd..
Irrational :: Irrational (a.) Not according to reason; absurd; foolish.
Foolery :: Foolery (n.) The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity.
Absurdness :: Absurdness (n.) Absurdity.
Inconsistency :: Inconsistency (n.) Absurdity in argument ore narration; incoherence or irreconcilability in the parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent..
Southcottian :: Southcottian (n.) A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities..
Absurdity :: Absurdity (n.) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
Quixotism :: Quixotism (n.) That form of delusion which leads to extravagant and absurd undertakings or sacrifices in obedience to a morbidly romantic ideal of duty or honor, as illustrated by the exploits of Don Quixote in knight-errantry..
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