infra

See also: infra-

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪn.fɹə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin infra (below)

Adverb

infra (not comparable)

  1. (law) Discussed later.
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Shortened form of infrastructure.

Noun

infra (countable and uncountable, plural infras)

  1. (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, DOI:10.1007/11552413_123, 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, DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-41671-2_66, 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

  1. 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,

Italian

Adverb

infra

  1. Only used in the phrase vedi infra.

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

Adverb contracted from the ablative īnferā (parte), of īnferus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈin.fraː/, [ˈĩː.fraː]

Adverb

īnfrā (not comparable)

  1. below

Antonyms

Preposition

īnfrā (+ accusative)

  1. below

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, 1883–1887)
  • infra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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
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