inflation

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Synonyms: ingflation, inflaton, inflection, isolation, illation, infliction, insolation, infraction, inhalation, efflation, infection

Antonyms: ingflation, inflaton, inflection, isolation, illation, infliction, insolation, infraction, inhalation, efflation, infection

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Noun

1. An act, instance of, or state of [[expansion]] or increase in [[size]], especially by [[injection]] of a [[gas]] or [[liquid]].
2. {{lb|en|economics}} An increase in the quantity of [[money]], leading to a devaluation of existing money, adjusted for by way of higher [[nominal value]]s.
3. Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.
4. {{lb|en|cosmology}} An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the [[Big Bang]].<ref>Burgess & {{w|Fernando Quevedo|Quevedo}}, "The Great Cosmic Roller-Coaster Ride", ''Scientific American'', November 2007, p. 57.</ref>

Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|cosmology}} The {{l|en|inflationary}} {{l|en|epoch}} of the {{l|en|Universe}}, where the size of the space of universe expanded at speeds beyond the {{l|en|speed of light}}. One of the [[ages]] of the [[Universe]]. The cosmic era when most formulations of {{l|en|Big Bang}} theory start their timelines.

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