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infima

infima is the plural of infimum.

Meaning of infimum

Noun

infimum (plural infima or infimums)

  1. (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.
    Synonyms:
    greatest lower bound

Phrases with infima

Questions about infima

What is infima the plural of?
Infima is the plural of infimum.

Words near infima in the dictionary

  1. infiltree
  2. infiltrees
  3. infiltrometer
  4. infiltrometers
  5. infiltrometry
  6. infima
  7. infima species
  8. infimae species
  9. infimal
  10. infimum
  11. infimums

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Adapted from Wiktionary: infima (page history and authors); infimum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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