deflate
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons deflated"
deflate
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review of his work deflated his self-confidence"
deflate
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy"
deflated
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually"
deflation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of the desert landscape"
deflation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices
deflation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the act of letting the air out of something
deflationary
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ associated with or tending to cause decreases in consumer prices or increases in the purchasing power of money; "deflationary measures"
deflator
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars
deflect
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ turn aside and away from an initial or intended course
deflect
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"
deflect
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"
deflect
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
deflect
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
deflection
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position
deflection
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
deflection
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the property of being bent or deflected
deflection
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"
deflection
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the amount by which a propagating wave is bent
deflective
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave)