surd

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It offers private, group and corporate surf lessons, as well as an after-school program, surd camps and rentals, according to its website.

From Washington Times

During our conversation he used the words “slippage” and “surd,” the last of which sent me to the dictionary.

From New York Times

The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.

From Project Gutenberg

Transformation of radicals Fraction under the radical sign.Reduction to an entire surd.Changing to surds of different order.Reduction to simplest form.

From Project Gutenberg

It is classed as a surd spirant, its corresponding sonant spirant being v, which is distinguished from f by being pronounced with voice instead of breath, as may be perceived by pronouncing ef, ev.

From Project Gutenberg