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 • Aug. 12, 2021

Conversely every positive quadratic surd number, when expressed as a simple continued fraction, will give rise to a recurring fraction.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various

Tell we, we twain, Unreasons which in life Deal me inexorable, contrary Destinies surd to prayer and tearful woe.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various

You have made a surd perfectly absurd, and—” “Mr Hasnip!” came from the other end of the great room.

From Burr Junior by Earnshaw, H. C. (Harold C.)

Coercion is the surd in almost all social theory, except the Machiavellian.

From Public Opinion by Lippmann, Walter