| a. | 1. | Net having the sense of hearing; deaf. |
| 2. | Unheard. | |
| 3. | (Math.) Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; radical; irrational; | |
| 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. See Guide to Pronunciation, 169, 179, 180. | |
| n. | 1. | (Math.) A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers; |
| 2. | (Phon.) A surd element of speech. See Surd, |
| Noun | 1. | surd - a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords Synonyms: voiceless consonant |
| Adj. | 1. | surd - of speech sounds |
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