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 second case illustrates a feature of the recurring continued fraction which represents a complete quadratic surd.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various
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 The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
S has two sounds, soft, or surd, as in soft and this, and hard, or sonant, as in has and wise.
From Division of Words Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends of Lines, with Remarks on Spelling, Syllabication and Pronunciation by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton
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
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