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
Coercion is the surd in almost all social theory, except the Machiavellian.
From Public Opinion by Lippmann, Walter
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)
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
