How many syllables in Surd
Word
Surd
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
surd
Definition
- a. - Net having the sense of hearing; deaf.
- a. - Unheard.
- a. - Involving surds; not capable of being expressed in rational
numbers; radical; irrational; as, a surd expression or quantity; a surd
number.
- a. - 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. - A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers;
thus, Ã2 is a surd.
- n. - A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4.
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