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• inf
  inf

  abbreviation

  infimum.
• 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 (usually used attributively).
• Inf.
  Inf.

  abbreviation

  infantry.

inf

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. Mathematics. infimum.

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INF ² American  

[inf] / ɪnf /

noun

1. European-based U.S. nuclear weapons that were capable of striking the Soviet Union and Soviet ones that could hit Western Europe (usually used attributively).

   INF missiles;

   the 1987 INF Treaty.

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Inf. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. infantry.

2. infuse.

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inf ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. infinitive

2. informal

3. infra

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INF ² British  

abbreviation

1. intermediate-range nuclear forces: land-based missiles and aircraft with a range between 500 and 5000 km

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Etymology

Origin of INF²

First recorded in 1980–85; abbreviation of I(ntermediate-range) N(uclear) F(orces)

Origin of Inf.³

Inf. ( def. 2 ) < Latin infunde

Example Sentences

She received two letters, one from the prisoners' camp in Libya, the other marked "War Prison inf Italy."

From Time Magazine Archive

Dubitative subjunctive, see Deliberative. dubitō, dubium est, nōn dubitō, nōn dubium est, with quin, 298; —— nōn dubitō w. inf.,

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

For the formally entitled Contes et Nouvelles and the collection headed by Ilka, v. inf.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

The former group includes all except III. inf.,

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

Singular, second person indefinite, 280, 3; 356, 3; 302, 2. sinō with inf.,

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)