surd
/surd/US // sɜrd //UK // (sɜːd) //
糜烂,糜烂的,糜费,糜子
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : Phonetics. voiceless.
- : Mathematics. not capable of being expressed in rational numbers; irrational.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Phonetics. a voiceless consonant.
- : Mathematics. a surd quantity.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Absurd, ab-surd′, adj. obviously unreasonable or false: ridiculous.
Again, he points out that the surd aspirate h is heard in some languages, but is hardly audible in others.
Surdimū′tism, the condition of being deaf and dumb; Surd′ity, want of sonant quality.
The terms sonant and surd are, in a scientific point of view, the least exceptionable.
The problems have a surd or irrational element in them; and to solve them would be to bring reason into collision with itself.
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