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in⋅fi⋅mum

  [in-fahy-muhm, -fee-]
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–noun Mathematics.
greatest lower bound. Abbreviation: inf
Origin:
1935–40; < L, n. use of neut. of infimus lowest (superl. of inferus low)

greatest lower bound

 
–noun
a lower bound that is greater than or equal to all the lower bounds of a given set: 1 is the greatest lower bound of the set consisting of 1, 2, 3. Abbreviation: glb
Also called infimum.
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greatest lower bound

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