infimum
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin infimum (“lowest part”), from infimus (“lowest”).
Pronunciation
Noun
infimum (plural infima or infimums)
- (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.
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Translations
element of a set
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
infimum n
- (mathematics) infimum
- Antonym: supremum
Declension
Further reading
- “infimum”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995
Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin infimum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈinfi(ː)mum/,
- Rhymes: -infimum
- Syllabification(key): in‧fi‧mum
- Hyphenation(key): in‧fi‧mum
Noun
infimum
Declension
| Inflection of infimum (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | infimum | infimumit | |
| genitive | infimumin | infimumien | |
| partitive | infimumia | infimumeja | |
| illative | infimumiin | infimumeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | infimum | infimumit | |
| accusative | nom. | infimum | infimumit |
| gen. | infimumin | ||
| genitive | infimumin | infimumien | |
| partitive | infimumia | infimumeja | |
| inessive | infimumissa | infimumeissa | |
| elative | infimumista | infimumeista | |
| illative | infimumiin | infimumeihin | |
| adessive | infimumilla | infimumeilla | |
| ablative | infimumilta | infimumeilta | |
| allative | infimumille | infimumeille | |
| essive | infimumina | infimumeina | |
| translative | infimumiksi | infimumeiksi | |
| abessive | infimumitta | infimumeitta | |
| instructive | — | infimumein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Latin
Adjective
īnfimum
- inflection of īnfimus: