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inf

1

abbreviation for

  1. Mathematics. infimum.


INF

2

[ inf ]

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.

Inf.

3

abbreviation for

  1. infantry.
  2. infuse.

inf

1

abbreviation for

  1. infinitive
  2. informal
  3. infra
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


INF

2

abbreviation for

  1. intermediate-range nuclear forces: land-based missiles and aircraft with a range between 500 and 5000 km
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inf1

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

Origin of inf2

Inf. ( def 2 ) < Latin infunde
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inf1

Latin: below; after; later
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Example Sentences

Lavrov then argued that U.S. missile defense in Europe were also a concern for Russia in the context of the INF Treaty.

“The INF Treaty is the backbone of protecting Europe from nuclear threats,” said a senior GOP Senate aide.

Eventually, many of the conservatives who opposed the INF treaty came around to support it.

It is remarkable that Dante has copied the same passage, and has the word voltando; Inf.

But afterwards the said people of Florence were ungrateful and forgetful towards the said Messer Inf.

And the said Florentine host being at Arezzo, in the old palace of the bishops, for twenty days, they laid Inf.

Inf., three-year troops, another name for the Coast Artillery.

Inf., the three-year regiment, deserve the appellation, the Fighting First.

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