Look up deflation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Deflation is a decrease in the money supply, or a decrease in the general price level.
• The Great Deflation was a world wide economic deflation occurring roughly 1870–1890.

Deflation may also refer to:

• DEFLATE (algorithm), a widely used lossless compression algorithm originating from PKZIP
• Eolian erosion, also called deflation
• Deflation of a pneumatic tire

See also

• Inflation, the antonym of deflation.

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