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infix notation

A notation for commands or instructions in which the operator is inserted between the terms on which it operates. Contrasted with prefix notation and postfix notation.

Inflame

To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.

Inflamed

Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.

Inflamer

The person or thing that inflames.

Inflammabillty

Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable.

Inflammable

Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits.

Inflammation

The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.

Inflate

To expand; to fill; to distend.

Inflated

Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.

Inflater

One who, or that which, inflates; as, the inflaters of the stock exchange.

Inflation

The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.

Inflationist

One who favors an increased or very large issue of paper money.

Inflatus

A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration.

Inflect

To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow.

Inflection

The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.

Inflectional

Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection.

Inflective

Capable of, or pertaining to, inflection; deflecting; as, the inflective quality of the air.

Inflex

To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.

Inflexibility

The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy.

Inflexible

Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

Inflexibleness

The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness.

Inflict

To give, cause, or produce by striking, or as if by striking; to apply forcibly; to lay or impose; to send; to cause to bear, feel, or suffer; as, to inflict blows; to inflict a wound with a dagger; to inflict severe pain by ingratitude; to inflict punishment on an offender; to inflict the penalty of death on a criminal.

Infliction

The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.

Inflictive

Causing infliction; acting as an infliction.

Inflorescence

A flowering; the putting forth and unfolding of blossoms.

Influence

To control or move by power, physical or moral; to affect by gentle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify, bias, or sway; to affect; to move; to persuade; to induce.

Influential

Exerting or possessing influence or power; potent; efficacious; effective; strong; having authority or ascendency; as, an influential man, station, argument, etc.

Influenza

An epidemic viral infectious disease characterized by acute nasal catarrh, or by inflammation of the throat or the bronchi, and usually accompanied by fever and general weakness; also called grippe. It is caused by several forms of RNA virus which mutate readily and thereby render vaccines prepared against older forms ineffective, often requiring a new form of vaccine for each new outbreak.

Influx

The act of flowing in; as, an influx of light.

Influxive

Having a tendency to flow in; having influence; influential.

Infold

To wrap up or cover with folds; to envelop; to inwrap; to inclose; to involve.

Infoldment

The act of infolding; the state of being infolded.

Infoliate

To cover or overspread with, or as with, leaves.

Inform

To take form; to become visible or manifest; to appear.

Informal

Not in the regular, usual, or established form; not according to official, conventional, prescribed, or customary forms or rules; irregular; hence, without ceremony; as, an informal writing, proceeding, or visit.

Informality

The state of being informal; lack of regular, prescribed, or customary form; as, the informality of legal proceedings.

Informant

One who, or that which, informs, animates, or vivifies.

Information

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

information processing

The processing of information, especially by computers, including the organization, distribution, and frequently the analysis of data and the presentation of results in easily understood form.

information theory

The science which studies the capacity of systems to contain, store, and transmit information{2 and 4}, and the factors such as noise and channel capacity that may affect the rate or accuracy of information transmission and reception.

Informatory

Full of, or conveying, information; instructive.

Informed

Unformed or ill-formed; deformed; shapeless.

Informer

One who informs, animates, or inspires.

Informity

Lack of regular form; shapelessness.

Infra

Below; beneath; under; after; -- often used as a prefix.

Infra-red Infrared

Lying outside the visible spectrum at its red end; -- said of rays having a longer wavelength (and thus less refrangible) than the extreme red rays, specifically those electromagnetic waves having a wavelength of between 700 nanometers and 1 millimeter.

Infrabranchial

Below the gills; -- applied to the ventral portion of the pallial chamber in the lamellibranchs.

Infraction

The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law.

Infractor

One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker.

Infralabial

Below the lower lip; -- said of certain scales of reptiles and fishes.

Infralapsarian

Of or pertaining to the Infralapsarians, or to their doctrine.

Inframarginal

Below the margin; submarginal; as, an inframarginal convolution of the brain.

Inframaxillary

Under the lower jaw; submaxillary; as, the inframaxillary nerve. Of or pertaining to the lower iaw.

Inframedian

Of or pertaining to the interval or zone along the sea bottom, at the depth of between fifty and one hundred fathoms.

Infrangibility

The quality or state of being infrangible; infrangibleness.

Infrangible

Not capable of being broken or separated into parts; as, infrangible atoms.

Infraocular

Situated below the eyes, as the antenna of certain insects.

Infraorbital

Below the orbit; as, the infraorbital foramen; the infraorbital nerve.

Infrared Radiation

electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of between 700 nanometers and 1 millimeter.

Infrascapular

Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.

Infraspinal

Below the vertebral column, subvertebral. Below the spine; infraspinate; infraspinous.

Infraspinous Infraspinate

Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the spine of the scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle.

Infrastapedial

Of or pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which in many animals projects below the connection with the stapes. The infrastapedial part of the columella.

Infrasternal

Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach.

Infratrochlear

Below a trochlea, or pulley; -- applied esp. to one of the subdivisions of the trigeminal nerve.

Infrequent

Seldom happening or occurring; rare; uncommon; unusual.

Infrigidation

The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation.

Infringe

To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to injure; to offend.

Infringement

The act of infringing; breach; violation; nonfulfillment; as, the infringement of a treaty, compact, law, or constitution.

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