Deflator

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That which deflates.

    "The balloons will have to have an altitude deflator. When a balloon reaches a certain predetermined altitude, the deflator will begin to let out the helium gas to the point of restricting the ultimate ascension of the balloon."

  2. 2
    a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars wordnet
  3. 3
    A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.

Example

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"The balloons will have to have an altitude deflator. When a balloon reaches a certain predetermined altitude, the deflator will begin to let out the helium gas to the point of restricting the ultimate ascension of the balloon."

Etymology

From deflate + -or.

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