inflation

1. n. The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement. Source: opted

2. n. The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity. Source: opted

3. n. Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency. Source: opted

4. n. a general and progressive increase in prices Source: wordnet

5. n. (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang Source: wordnet

6. n. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity Source: wordnet

7. n. the act of filling something with air Source: wordnet

8. 1. The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement. Boyle. 2. The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity. B. Jonson. 3. Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency. [U.S.] Source: webster

9. n:100 n. a general and progressive increase in prices n. (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang n. the act of filling something with air Source: ecdict

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