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

The terms sonant and surd are, in a scientific point of view, the least exceptionable.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Review the method of finding the square root of a binomial surd.

From A Review of Algebra by Rivenburg, Romeyn Henry

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

I will avoid equations, And shun the naughty surd, I must beware the perfect square, Through it young girls have erred: And when men mention Rule of Three Pretend I have not heard.

From Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times by Miller, Alice Duer