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单词 surd
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Definition of surd in English:

surd

adjective səːdsərd
  • 1Mathematics
    (of a number) irrational.

    〔数〕不尽根的

  • 2Phonetics
    (of a speech sound) uttered with the breath and not the voice (e.g. f, k, p, s, t).

    〔语音〕清音的(如f,k,p,s,t)

noun səːdsərd
  • 1Mathematics
    A surd number, especially the irrational root of an integer.

    〔数〕不尽根(尤指整数的不尽根)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the conventional school education in India, we are asked to do some problems involving surds (radicals).
    • They were learning about surds in maths, supposedly one of the hardest subjects.
    • I don't care about rationalising denominators with surds in them, and I don't care that by using maths induction you can prove many equations to be right or wrong.
  • 2Phonetics
    A surd consonant.

    〔语音〕清音

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'. sense 2 of the adjective dates from the mid 18th century.

Definition of surd in US English:

surd

adjectivesərdsərd
  • 1Mathematics
    (of a number) irrational.

    〔数〕不尽根的

  • 2Phonetics
    (of a speech sound) uttered with the breath and not the voice (e.g. f, k, p, s, t).

    〔语音〕清音的(如f,k,p,s,t)

nounsərdsərd
  • 1Mathematics
    A surd number, especially the irrational root of an integer.

    〔数〕不尽根(尤指整数的不尽根)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I don't care about rationalising denominators with surds in them, and I don't care that by using maths induction you can prove many equations to be right or wrong.
    • They were learning about surds in maths, supposedly one of the hardest subjects.
    • In the conventional school education in India, we are asked to do some problems involving surds (radicals).
  • 2Phonetics
    A surd consonant.

    〔语音〕清音

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’. surd (sense 2 of the adjective) dates from the mid 18th century.

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