infra
See also: infra-
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin infra (“below”)
Adverb
infra (not comparable)
- (law) Discussed later.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Shortened form of infrastructure.
Noun
infra (countable and uncountable, plural infras)
- (civil engineering, informal) Infrastructure.
- 2005, Kyung-Bae Chang et al., “Meteorological Phenomena Measurement System Using the Wireless Network”, in Rajiv Khosla, Robert J. Howlett, and Lakhmi C. Jain, editor, Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, , page 861:
- However, as the nations 70% is[sic] covered with mountains, gathering of the meteorological information of particular regions (mountains, canyons, islands etc) by wired transmission system is difficult and it costs a lot of money. This is one of the obstacles of the construction of an infra for the prevention of disasters caused by meteorological changes.
- 2012, T. Mäkeläinen, J. Hyvärinen, and J. Peura, “BIM practices and challenges framed – an approach to systemic change management”, in Gudni Gudnason and Raimar Scherer, editor, eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 498:
- In this paper we focus on the context of infra construction and development – the problem being: lack of relevant tools for management of BIM [building information modelling] implementation actions.
- 2014, Yoojin Lim and Eunmi Choi, “Mobile Cloud Computing Architectural Design Taxonomy toward the ‘Cloud Computing in Hand’ Era”, in Young-Sik Jeong et al., editor, Ubiquitous Information Technologies and Applications, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, , page 519:
- Technologies in cloud computing have become mature in the infra systems and cloud server-level service providers, which have kept the infra system technologies as the data centers, server clusters, virtualization, service providers by extending services of Private Cloud.
Anagrams
Istriot
Preposition
infra
- among
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:
- Ti me pari oûna dea infra li dai,
- You seem to me a goddess among the gods,
- Ti me pari oûna dea infra li dai,
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:
Italian
Adverb
infra
- Only used in the phrase vedi infra.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Adverb contracted from the ablative īnferā (parte), of īnferus.
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈin.fraː/, [ˈĩːfräː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈin.fra/, [ˈiɱfrä]
Adverb
īnfrā (not comparable)
Antonyms
Preposition
īnfrā (+ accusative)
Antonyms
Descendants
References
- “infra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “infra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- infra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- infra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to feel superior to the affairs of life: res humanas infra se positas arbitrari
- to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid infra se ducere or infra se positum arbitrari
- as I said above: ut supra (opp. infra) diximus, dictum est
- to feel superior to the affairs of life: res humanas infra se positas arbitrari
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