See also: incorporation. INFUSION, med. jur. A pharmaceutical operation, which consists in pouring a hot or cold fluid upon a substance, whose medical properties it is desired to extract. Infusion is also used for the product of this operation.
A proportion is an equation with a ratio on each side. It is a statement that two ratios are equal. 3/4 = 6/8 is an example of a proportion. When one of the four numbers in a proportion is unknown, cross products may be used to find the unknown number.
(mathematics), a relation between two numbers or quantities indicating which of them is greater or smaller. An inequality is denoted by the symbol <, which is drawn pointed toward the smaller number. Thus, 2 > 1 and 1 < 2 state the same thing, namely, 2 is greater than 1 and 1 is less than 2.