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INF

[inf]
–noun
European-based U.S. nuclear weapons that were capable of striking the Soviet Union and Soviet ones that could hit Western Europe.

Origin:
I(ntermediate-range) N(uclear) F(orces)

inf

Mathematics. infimum.

Inf.


Origin:
(def. 2) < L infunde

in⋅fi⋅mum

[in-fahy-muhm, -fee-]
–noun Mathematics.
greatest lower bound. Abbreviation: inf

Origin:
1935–40; < L, n. use of neut. of infimus lowest (superl. of inferus low)
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INF  
abbr.  intermediate-range nuclear forces
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INF
intermediate-range nuclear forces
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