infimum


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
infimum /ɪnˈfʌɪməm/
noun Mathematics the largest quantity that is less than or equal to each of a given set or subset of quantities. The opposite of supremum.
– origin 1940s: from L., lit. ‘lowest part’.
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