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

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

From A Review of Algebra by Rivenburg, Romeyn Henry

Since the fraction is infinite it cannot be commensurable and therefore its value is a quadratic surd number.

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

Adj. deaf, earless†, surd; hard of hearing, dull of hearing; deaf-mute, stunned, deafened; stone deaf; deaf as a post, deaf as an adder, deaf as a beetle, deaf as a trunkmaker†. inaudible, out of hearing.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark