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

The former group includes all except III. inf.,

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

Wishing, verbs of, with subst. clause 296, 1; —— with obj. inf.,

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

"Well, I mean, that when us Earth people came, you Martians did inf ... infan ..."

From One Martian Afternoon by Leahy, Tom

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