Editing Deflation (disambiguation)

{{Wiktionary|Deflation|deflation|déflation}}

Commonly, '''[[deflation]]''' refers to a decrease in the general price level, the opposite of inflation.

'''Deflation''' may also refer to:
*A release or escape of air or gas from an [[inflatable]], resulting in its shrinking or collapsing
*A mode of [[wind erosion]]
*Dividing a polynomial by a linear factor which decreases its degree by one in multiple [[root-finding algorithms]], as done for example in the [[Jenkins–Traub algorithm]]
*In philosophy, the use of a [[deflationary theory of truth]], where the term ''truth'' is rejected as a real property of propositions
*[[Deflation (film)|''Deflation'' (film)]], a 2001 short film
*[[The Great Deflation]], a period of worldwide economic deflation occurring roughly between the years 1870–90
*[[Deflate]], a widely used lossless compression algorithm originating from the program PKZIP

==See also==
*[[Deflationary theory of truth]]
*[[Inflation (disambiguation)]], the antonym of deflation

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