Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which fills in, or has been made to occupy cavities or vacant places of any kind or dimensions: same as
filling .
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- verb Present participle of
infill .
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Examples
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There had then been a long policy of 'infilling' - the building of large numbers of small houses on every patch of vacant grass.
Penalty Francis, Dick 1997
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Similarly, negative effects such as infilling of fish spawning beds associated with increased sediment loads are also likely in many areas.
Key findings, science gaps, and recommendations for freshwater ecosystems in the ACIA 2009
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The degree of "infilling" can vary from slight to virtually complete.
1. Tree products in agroecosystems: economic and policy issues. 1992
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'infilling' is nothing other than estimating missing values based on available values, i.e. it is the sort of regression you allude to.
RealClimate 2009
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Altering those downtown areas would be alot easier than infilling Miami, Orlando, and Tampa. joe from Lowell Says:
Matthew Yglesias » Boehner Slams Mythical Vegas HSR Project, Ignores Ohio Rail Opportunity 2009
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But infilling downtown is different than infilling metro areas.
Matthew Yglesias » Boehner Slams Mythical Vegas HSR Project, Ignores Ohio Rail Opportunity 2009
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Time to start infilling your nice old neighborhood with cheesy apartment bunkers.
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Time to start infilling your nice old neighborhood with cheesy apartment bunkers.
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Photos: Tour the House Photographs by Todd Eberle The pronounced structural elements were a result of the propping and infilling required when an elderly fourth-floor tenant refused to move out of the pre-existing building during the Maison's three-story construction.
The Court of Modernism Alastair Gordon 2011
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It is then, in those private moments of awkwardness, embarrassment, emptiness, and need, to which He responds with His infilling grace—which is true life—that we are closer to Him than at any other time.
HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010
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