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pygmy(dictionary)
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pygmy 1, noun(dictionary)
pygmy 2, adjective(dictionary)

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infimum (iou)



infimum noun. M20.
[Latin = lowest part, use as noun of neut. of infimus lowest.]
Math. The largest number that is less than or equal to each of a given set of real numbers; an analogous quantity for a subset of any Other ordered set. Opp. supremum.

Pygmy (medicine)


pygmy


Origin: L. Pygmaeus, Gr, fr. The fist, a measure of length, the distance from the elbow to the knuckles, about 131 inches. Cf. Pugnacious, Fist

Alternative forms: pigmy.

1. One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed.

2. Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf. "Pygmies are pygmies still, though perched on Alps. And pyramids are pyramids in vales." (Young)

Source: Websters Dictionary