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

What meaneth this old dotard, surd and absurd, thus to control our actions?

From Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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

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

W is ordinarily pronounced as v, but before surd consonants it has the sound f.

From Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Noyes, George Rapall