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Encyclopedia > Surd

Surd may be:

A voiceless consonant
An unresolved mathematical expression of an nth root or an irrational number that can be expressed as such a root of a rational number (as opposed to a transcendental number, which cannot)
Surd, Hungary, a village in Zala county, Hungary
Surd evil is another term for Natural evil, a type of random and unexplainable evil without meaning
Jeremiah Surd is a quadriplegic hacker and antagonist from the television series The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

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Category: Disambiguation In phonetics, a voiceless consonant is a consonant that does not have voicing. ... In mathematics, an nth root of a number a is a number b such that bn=a. ... In mathematics, an nth root of a number a is a number b such that bn=a. ... In mathematics, a transcendental number is any complex number that is not algebraic, that is, not the solution of a non-zero polynomial equation with integer (or, equivalently, rational) coefficients. ... Surd is a village in Zala county, Hungary. ... Zala is the name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in present Hungary, and also in the former Kingdom of Hungary. ... It has been suggested that Surd_Evil be merged into this article or section. ... Jeremiah Surd was a recurring villain on The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

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Language Log: Ab surd (1672 words)
	Surd is found in English in Robert Recorde's The Pathwaie to Knowledge (1551): "Quantitees partly rationall, and partly surde" (OED2).
	(1889) says that "...a surd number is the incommensurable root of a commensurable number," and says that sqrt e is not a surd, nor is sqrt (1 + sqrt 2).
	The vowel change from Sardar to Surd is analogous to the change from pandit to pundit -- it reflects the Indic pronunciation of short /a/.

Surd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (124 words)
	In phonetics, surd is an older (and now rarely-used) alternate name for a voiceless consonant.
	In mathematics, the term surd applies to an unfinished expression used in place of resolving a number's square, cube or other root, usually because the root is an Irrational number.
	Surd Evil is a type of evil without meaning, random and unexplainable.

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