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Not capable of being broken or separated into parts; as, infrangible atoms. [He] link'd their fetlocks with a golden band Infrangible. Pope.

The state or quality of being infrangible; infrangibility.

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

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

To place under or beneath. [R.]

A situation or position beneath. Kane.

Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.

Below the spine; infraspinate; infraspinous.

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

The infrastapedial part of the columella.

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

Below the temple; below the temporal bone.

Within the territory of a state. Story.

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

Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.

Between the hyoid bone and the sternum, or pertaining to them; infrahyoid; as, the hyosternal region of the neck.

middle line of the epigastric region of the abdomen at the lower end of the sternum; the infrasternal depression. -- Pit saw (Mech.), a saw worked by two men, one of whom stands on the log and the other beneath it. The place of the latter is often in a pit, whence the name. -- Pit viper (Zoöl.), any viperine snake h…

Of or pertaining to the postscapula; infraspinous.

Same as Infralapsarian.

Infralapsarianism.