Surds - English meaning
Surds – definitions in English dictionary
nounA surd number, especially the irrational root of an integer.
Usage examples:
They were learning about surds in maths, supposedly one of the hardest subjects.nounA surd consonant.
adjective(of a number) irrational.
adjective(of a speech sound) uttered with the breath and not the voice (e.g. f, k, p, s, t).
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Word origin
mid 16th century: from Latin surdus ‘deaf, mute’; as a mathematical term, translating Greek (Euclid) alogos ‘irrational, speechless’, apparently via Arabic jiḏr aṣamm, literally ‘deaf root’.
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