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infill en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From in + fill.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) That which fills in a space, hole or gap.
   • Government needs to provide certainty to the rail freight industry with infill electrification programmes [...]. "First, it's about Government committing to infill electrification so we can do things with the locomotives we already have, and then a rolling plan of electrification." 2020 July 15, “Rail freight sector demands Government commitment”, in Rail, page 10:
2. (countable, uncountable) The redecoration of a fingernail or toenail after it has grown, to prevent an unsightly gap.

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infill en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From in + fill.

Meanings

1. To fill in a space, hole or gap.
   • Here the original drawing is shown in grey and the infilled tracing in black. The lettering can be further refined and, unlike ink-based artwork, can be rekerned without being redrawn. 2011, Andrew Haslam, Lettering: A Reference Manual of Techniques:
2. (qualifier:urban studies) To rededicate land in an urban environment to new construction.

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Deriveds

infiller

Translations (4)

mi whakakiko (to rededicate land) · mi whakautuutu (to rededicate land) · mi tiriwā (to rededicate land) · nl inbreiden (to rededicate land)

infill en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Clipping.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of infil (“infiltration”).
   alt of infil
   • Pedestrian infill/exfill from Atwater Street 2011, Brett Newman, Detroit Convention Center: A Design Process and Typological Study:
   • Hinton and I were briefed at the TOC and received maps of our AO to memorize and mark with codes for the primary and secondary LZs for infill and exfill. 1991, John Leppelman, Blood on the risers: an airborne soldier's thirty-five months in Vietnam:

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