통화량 증가로 인해 물가가 지속적으로 상승하고 화폐의 구매력이 하락하는 현상.
A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
예문:
"The central bank implemented measures to curb runaway inflation, fearing economic instability."
"Persistent high inflation erodes the savings of ordinary citizens over time."
"Analysts predict that the current supply chain issues will lead to further cost-push inflation next quarter."
무언가를 부풀리는 행위나 부풀려진 상태; 팽창 또는 과장.
The action of inflating something or the condition of being inflated; expansion or swelling.
예문:
"The rapid inflation of the life raft saved the passengers after the ship sank."
"Doctors monitored the inflation of the patient's lungs during the procedure."
"He was known for the inflation of his achievements, often exaggerating his role in projects."
빅뱅 직후 우주가 표준 선형 팽창을 시작하기 전에 겪은, 매우 짧고 급격한 기하급수적 팽창 시기.
(In cosmology) A very brief exponential expansion of the universe postulated to have interrupted the standard linear expansion shortly after the Big Bang.
예문:
"The theory of cosmic inflation helps explain the homogeneity and flatness of the observable universe."
"Inflation occurred within the first fraction of a second after the Big Bang, expanding the universe exponentially."