Surd

//sɜːd//

"Surd" in a Sentence (3 examples)

…how all Words fall to the Ground, spent upon such a surd and Earless Generation of Men, stupid unto all Instruction…

To this errour, of blending the ſurd and vocal modes of articulation together, may be added the too frequent uſe of compound articulations both vocal and ſurd.

a surd expression or quantity; a surd number

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