Inflation
nounid
74434·updated May 18, 2026verified
(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
polysemous
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Variants
- synonym
- ostentationostentatiousnesspompositypompousnesspretentiousnesspuffinessrising pricessplashiness
- plural
- Inflations
- possessive
- Inflation's
- pluralpossessive
- Inflations'
Framework definitions
- §1
- the act of filling something with air
- §2
- lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- §3
- (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
- §4
- a general and progressive increase in prices
- §1 · legacy_primary
- (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bangDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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