infimum

Borrowed from Latin infimum (“lowest part”), from infimus (“lowest”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfaɪməm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfiːməm/, /ɪnˈfaɪməm/

infimum (plural infima or infimums)

1. (mathematics) (of a subset) the greatest element of the containing set that is smaller than or equal to all elements of the subset. The infimum may or may not be a member of the subset.

• greatest lower bound

• supremum

• essential infimum

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪnfɪmum]

infimum n

1. (mathematics) infimum

   Antonym: supremum

• infimum in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Learned borrowing from Latin infimum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈinfi(ː)mum/, [ˈiɱfi(ː)mum]
• Rhymes: -infimum
• Hyphenation^(key): in‧fi‧mum

infimum

1. (mathematics) infimum

• suurin alaraja

• supremum

īnfimum

1. inflection of īnfimus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular