# Negative Infinity
> [Half-precision floating-point][half-precision-floating-point-format] negative infinity.
## Usage
```javascript
var FLOAT16_NINF = require( '@stdlib/constants/float16/ninf' );
```
#### FLOAT16_NINF
[Half-precision floating-point][half-precision-floating-point-format] negative infinity.
```javascript
// FLOAT16_NINF is implicitly promoted to a double-precision floating-point number...
var bool = ( FLOAT16_NINF === -Infinity );
// returns true
```
## Examples
```javascript
var FLOAT16_NINF = require( '@stdlib/constants/float16/ninf' );
console.log( FLOAT16_NINF );
// => -Infinity
```
[half-precision-floating-point-format]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-precision_floating-point_format