English
inflation
see also: Inflation
Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French inflation, from Latin īnflātiō, from īnflātus, the perfect passive participle of īnflō ("blow into, expand"), from in ("into") + flō ("blow").

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɪnˈfleɪʃən/
Noun

inflation

  1. An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas.
    The inflation of the balloon took five hours.
  2. (economics) An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money.
  3. (economics) An increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living.
    Due to inflation, the monthly gym fee is rising by 10% from January.
  4. (economics) A decline in the value of money.
  5. Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.
  6. (cosmology) An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang.
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  • German: inflationäre Geldvermehrung
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Inflation
Etymology

From inflation.

Proper noun
  1. (cosmology) The inflationary epoch of the Universe, where the size of the space of universe expanded at speeds beyond the speed of light. One of the Ages of the Universe. The cosmic era when most formulations of Big Bang theory start their timelines.
Synonyms
  • Age of Inflation
  • Era of Inflation
  • Epoch of Inflation
  • Inflationary Age
  • Inflationary Era
  • Inflationary Epoch


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