Inflation

(noun.) the act of filling something with air.

(noun.) (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang.

(noun.) a general and progressive increase in prices; 'in inflation everything gets more valuable except money'.

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• I wish I could forget the roll of the red eyes and the fearful blackened inflation of the lineaments! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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