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Inflation

//ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    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.
Noun
  1. 1
    An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid. countable, uncountable

    "The inflation of the balloon took five hours."

  2. 2
    the act of filling something with air wordnet
  3. 3
    An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money, adjusted for by way of higher nominal values. countable, uncountable

    "Due to inflation, the monthly gym fee is rising by 10% from January."

  4. 4
    lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity wordnet
  5. 5
    Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang wordnet
  2. 7
    An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    a general and progressive increase in prices wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French inflation (“swelling”), from Latin īnflātiō (“expansion", "blowing up”), from īnflātus, the perfect passive participle of īnflō (“blow into, expand”), from in (“into”) + flō (“blow”). By surface analysis, inflate + -ion.

Etymology 2

From inflation.

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