infimum

Noun

(plural infima or infimums)

(mathematics) (of a subset) the greatest element of the containing set that is smaller than or equal to all elements of the subset. The infimum may or may not be a member of the subset.

Origin

From Latin infimum ‘lowest part’, from infimus ‘lowest’.

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