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surd

adjective as in voiceless

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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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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to surd, such as: aphonic, dumb, inarticulate, mum, mute, and silent.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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