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Inferiority complex An inferiority complex, in the fields of psychology and psychoanalysis, is a feeling that one is inferior to others in some way. It is often subconscious, and is thought to drive afflicted individuals to overcompensate, resulting either in spectacular achievement or extreme antisocial behavior, or both.
Inferius An Inferius (plural: Inferi) is a corpse controlled through a Dark wizard's spells in the Harry Potter series of books. An Inferius is not alive, but rather just a dead body that has been bewitched into acting like a puppet for the witch or wizard.
Infernal (album) Infernal is the fifth album by Edge of Sanity, released in 1997 by Black Mark. What is of interest is that the songs were clearly divided into three categories: those written and performed by Dan Swanö, those written by the rest of the band and performed together and those written and performed by the rest of the band with Andreas Axelsson on the vocals.
Infernal (band) Infernal is a Danish dance act, who made their national debut in 1997 with the release of the "Sorti De L'enfer" single. Infernal initially consisted of Lina Rafn, Paw Lagermann and Søren Haarh but Søren left the group in 1999.
Infernal Affairs Infernal Affairs (Chinese: 無間道; Jyutping: mou4 gaan3 dou6, pinyin: Wú Jiàn Dào) is a 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller. The Chinese title refers to Avici, the ultimate (lowest) level of hell in Buddhism, and literally means "The Non-Stop Way".
Infernal Affairs II Infernal Affairs II is a Hong Kong film released in 2003 as a prequel to the 2002 hit Infernal Affairs. Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang, Edison Chen, Shawn Yue and Chapman To reprise their roles from the original film alongside new cast members Carina Lau, Francis Ng and Hu Jun.
Infernal Affairs III Infernal Affairs III (無間道III: 終極無間) is the third installment in the popular Infernal Affairs Hong Kong film series. Released in 2003, the film is both a sequel and a semi-prequel to the original film (similar to The Godfather Part II), as it intercuts events prior to and after the original's events.
Infernal Bridegroom Productions Infernal Bridegroom Productions (IBP) is a theater company located in Houston, Texas. IBP garnered national attention when it was featured on the cover of American Theatre Magazine in September, 2002, for its original play, We Have Some Planes, by Brian Jucha, about the events of September 11.
Infernal Exalted The Infernal Exalted are a sub-category of semi-divine heroes from the role-playing game Exalted published by White Wolf Game Studio. They are the servants of the demon princes, the Yozis, being corrupted souls of Solars and Terrestrials.
Infernal Method (band) Infernal Method is a melodic death metal band from Sydney, Australia. The band began as a solo project for guitarist Petar Peric but when the band for which he was playing bass, DeadSpawn, ended in mid-2001 he began to develop the act into a complete band.
Infernal Noise Brigade The Infernal Noise Brigade was a Seattle, Washington-based musical group, who originally formed to participate in the protests at the WTO Meeting of 1999. Over its seven-year history, the group performed as part of several large-scale protest actions, such as those at the 2000 IMF/World Bank Meeting in Prague, the 2003 WTO Ministerial in CancĂşn, Mexico, the 2004 United States Republican Party National Convention in New York City, as well as at numerous events in their homebase of Seattle.
Inferno (Batman novel) Batman: Inferno is a novel set in the universe of DC Comics superhero Batman and was penned by Alex Irvine, a writer and assistant professor of English at the University of Maine. The novel is a tie-in with the film Batman Begins and features Batman's archenemy The Joker and new villain Enfer (similar to the villain White Eyes being introduced in Batman: Dead White, this novel's predecessor).
Inferno (Doctor Who) Inferno is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in seven weekly parts from May 9 to June 20, 1970. This serial was the last regular appearance of Caroline John in the role of Liz Shaw.
Inferno (operating system) Inferno is an operating system for creating and supporting distributed services. The name of the operating system and of its associated programs, as well as of the company Vita Nuova that produced it, were inspired by the literary heritage of Dante Alighieri, particularly the Divine Comedy.
Inferno (soundtrack) Inferno is the soundtrack to Dario Argento's film of the same title, first released as a 15-track LP in 1981 by Cinevox, then as a CD in 2000 with a bonus track of outtakes reportedly utilized in the film itself but not included on the original vinyl release. The score was composed and performed by keyboardist Keith Emerson, former member of the Prog Rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
Inferno (truck) Inferno is a monster truck that races on the USHRA Monster Jam circuit, and is owned by Live Nation. It had formerly ran as the WCW Nitro Machine, and shared the same paint and body style (a 1997 Chevrolet Astro Van) for it's early existence.
Infernum Infernum is a black metal and National Socialist black metal band founded in 1992 in Wrocław, Poland by Grzegorz "Anextiomarus" Jurgielewicz and Tom Balrog playing also Oppressor at present Baphomets Throne.
Infernus (Roger Tiegs) Roger "Infernus" Tiegs is the guitarist and only remaining original member of the Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. He has also played in other black metal bands such as Borknagar and Orcustus (which contains ex-Gorgoroth member Tormentor).
Infershia Pantheon The Infershia Pantheon (also known as The Pantheon of Hell and The Hades Gods of the Infershia) are the final set of villains in Mahou Sentai Magiranger, the Infershia Pantheon is composed of the ten gods of Hades itself, and N Ma's most loyal servants. When their master was killed, the Hades Gods were revived to punish the infidels who defeated him as well as all of humanity.
Infertility Infertility is the inability to naturally conceive a child or to carry a pregnancy to full term. There are many reasons why a couple may not be able to conceive, or may not be able to conceive without medical assistance.
Infest (festival) Infest is an annual three day music festival held at University of Bradford in the United Kingdom, featuring alternative electronic music acts from genres including industrial, EBM, futurepop, synthpop and power noise.
Infestdead Infestdead is a Swedish death metal band formed by Dan Swanö after leaving Edge of Sanity in 1996. While Swanö was the singer for Edge of Sanity, Infestdead enabled him to use his skills on various instruments including the drums, guitar, bass guitar and keyboards.
Infibulation Infibulation, in its modern use of the word, is the practice of surgical closure of the female labia majora by sewing them together to seal off the female genitalia, leaving only a small hole for the passage of urine and menstrual blood. This is usually done on young girls around the onset of puberty, to ensure chastity.
Infidel An infidel (literally, "one without faith") is one who doubts or rejects central tenets of a religion, especially those regarding its deities. More generally, an infidel is one who doubts or rejects a particular doctrine, system, or principle.
Infielder Baseball teams take turns, one "out" in the field and one "in" at bat. The nine fielding positions are commonly grouped as three outfielders, four infielders, and "the battery" (two).
Infighting (martial arts) Infighting is the name given to certain fighting techniques used in martial arts due to the techniques being used while in proximity to the opponent, particularly in the clinch. The Chinese martial art of Wing Chun specializes in infighting.
Infill Infill in its broadest meaning is material that fills in an otherwise unoccupied space. The term is commonly used in association with construction techniques such as wattle and daub, and civil engineering activities such as land reclamation.
Infiltrate When fluid accumulates in the lungs, it may predominate in the alveolar (airspace) compartment or the interstitial compartment. Typical bacterial pneumonia is an accumulation of exudative material in the alveolar spaces.
Infiltration (HVAC) Infiltration is the unintentional or accidential introduction of outside air into a building, typically through cracks in the building envelope and through use of doors for passageFundamentals volume of the ASHRAE Handbook, Ch. 27, ASHRAE, Inc.
Infiltration (medical) Infiltration is the diffusion or accumulation (in a tissue or cells) of substances not normal to it or in amounts in excess of the normal. The material collected in those tissues or cells is also called infiltration.
Infiltration marketing Infiltration marketing is a marketing strategy in which marketers strive to understand and infiltrate consumer culture at a local, grassroots level, by identifying and engaging thought leaders and trend setters within the consumers' community (e.g.
Infiltration tactics In warfare, infiltration tactics involve small, lightly-equipped infantry forces attacking enemy rear areas while bypassing enemy front-line strongpoints, isolating them for attack by follow-up friendly troops with heavier weapons. These tactics were used by the stormtroopers of the German Army in 1917 during the First World War, where they were also called Hutier tactics, after General Oskar von Hutier, who used these tactics to great effect during Operation Michael in March 1918.
Infimum In mathematics the infimum of a subset of some set is the greatest element, not necessarily in the subset, that is less than or equal to all other elements of the subset. Consequently the term greatest lower bound (also abbreviated as glb or GLB) is also commonly used.
Infineon Raceway Infineon Raceway, formerly Sears Point Raceway, is a road course and drag strip in the hills of northern California, near Sonoma, north of San Francisco. The course is a complex series of twists and turns that go up and down the hills.
Infinidim Enterprises Infinidim Enterprises is the name of a publishing corporation in Douglas Adams' book Mostly Harmless, fifth of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. Infinidim buys out the original publisher of the Guide, Megadodo Publications, with plans to sell to affluent people, rather than poor hitchhikers.
Infinifilm Infinifilm, first introduced in 2001, is New Line Cinema's brand of specialized DVDs, containing a feature to notify viewers of special features on the disc applicable to the scene currently playing, such as interviews, behind-the-scenes footage or deleted scenes. If the user chooses to watch one of these special features, the movie will be paused, the special feature will then be played, then the user will be returned to the point in the movie where they left off.
Infinite (album) Infinite is the first album by hip-hop artist Eminem, made and produced with help from The Bass Brothers and fellow D12 member Kon Artis (Denaun, who features on Maxine and Searchin') in 1996. Infinite was only made on cassette and vinyl.
Infinite canvas The infinite canvas is the idea that the size of a digital comics page is theoretically infinite, and that online comics are therefore not limited by conventional page sizes. An artist could conceivably display a complete comics story of indefinite length on a single "page".
Infinite conjugacy class property In mathematics, a group is said to have the infinite conjugacy class property, or to be an icc group, if the conjugacy class of every group element but the identity is infinite. In abelian groups, every conjugacy class consists of only one element, so icc groups are, in a way, as far from being abelian as possible.
Infinite Campus Infinite Campus is a comprehensive, web-based K12 student information system with special education, instruction, curriculum, assessment, state reporting, and data analysis functionality. Infinite Campus has implemented its solutions for customers with fewer than 100 students to those with more than 100,000 as well as regional consortia, state departments of education and the federal government for more than 13 years.
Infinite Cat Project The Infinite Cat Project is a free World Wide Web-based project where people with cats can send in photographs of their cats. The project began when one user sent in a picture of their cat with a flower on an Apple help website.
Infinite Corridor The Infinite Corridor is the hallway, 251 meters (825 feet, 0.15625 miles, or just under 148 smoots) long, that runs through the main buildings of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specifically parts of the buildings numbered 7, 3, 10, 4, and 8 (from west to east).
Infinite descending chain Given a set S with a partial order ≤, an infinite descending chain is a chain V, that is, a subset of S upon which ≤ defines a total order, such that V has no least element, that is, an element m such that for all elements n in V it holds that m ≤ n.
Infinite divisibility The concept of infinite divisibility arises in different ways in philosophy, physics, economics, order theory (a branch of mathematics), and probability theory (also a branch of mathematics). One may speak of infinite divisibility, or the lack thereof, of matter, space, time, money, or abstract mathematical objects.
Infinite Energy Infinite Energy is a bi-monthly magazine published in New Hampshire that details theories and experiments concerning alternative energy, usually based on concepts that are outside mainstream science, even outside conventional alternative energy. Subtitled The Magazine of New Energy Technology, it was founded by the late Eugene Mallove.
Infinite Guitar The Infinite Guitar was created by Michael Brook, as a way of allowing an electric guitar note to be held with infinite sustain (hence the name). It consists of an electronic circuit that takes the signal from a standard guitar pickup, amplifies it, and feeds it back into a separate pickup coil.
Infinite Improbability Drive The Infinite Improbability Drive is a fictional faster-than-light drive in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series of books. The most prominent usage of the drive is in the starship Heart of Gold.
Infinite In All Directions Infinite In All Directions is a book on a wide range of subjects, including history, philosophy, research, technology, and eschatology, by theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson. Published in 1988, this book is based on the author's Gifford Lectures delivered in Aberdeen in 1985.
Infinite Life Sutra The Infinite Life Sutra, or Larger Pure Land Sutra, a Mahayana Buddhist text, is the primary text of Pure Land Buddhism, and the longest of its three major texts. It is also referred to as the Sukhāvatīvyūha-sūtra in Sanskrit, the Muryojukyo in Japanese, and as wúliáng shòu jīng in Chinese (traditional Chinese 無量壽經/simplified Chinese 无量寿经).
Infinite Loop (street) Infinite Loop is a street encircling the six main buildings of Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California. Each building has a number which corresponds to its single-digit address on the Loop, and so Apple's official mailing address is "1 Infinite Loop".
Infinite monkey theorem The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type or create a particular chosen text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare. Note that "almost surely" in this context is a mathematical term with a specific meaning, and that the "monkey" is not an actual monkey; rather, it is a vivid metaphor for an abstract device that produces a large, random sequence of letters.
Infinite regress An infinite regress in a series of propositions arises if the truth of proposition P1 requires the support of proposition P2, and for any proposition in the series Pn, the truth of Pn requires the support of the truth of Pn+1. There would never be adequate support for P1, because the infinite series needed to provide such support could not be completed.
Infinite Realms "Infinite Realms" is the forty-second episode in the TV-series Danny Phantom. After meeting Frostbite, Danny and friends are given the Infi-Map that lets them traverse to any part of the Ghost Zone, but they end up in a wild goose chase when Vlad steals the fabled map.
Infinite-dimensional holomorphy In mathematics, infinite-dimensional holomorphy is a branch of functional analysis. It is concerned with generalizations of the concept of holomorphic function to functions defined and taking values in complex Banach spaces (or Fréchet spaces more generally), typically of infinite dimension.
Infinite-dimensional optimization In certain optimization problems the unknown optimal solution might be not a number or a vector, but rather a continuous quantity, for example a function or the shape of a body. Such a problem is an infinite-dimensional optimization problem, because, a continuous quantity cannot be determined by a finite number of degrees of freedom.
Infinite-loop motif The infinite-loop motif is the concept, typically in a song, picture, or story, of the same content being repeated (precisely repeated, and endlessly repeated) at the point that would in most works be the end of that content. (This is in contrast with songs that have a logical, even if seldom-reached, ending point, as with 99 Bottles of Beer.
Infinite-period bifurcation In mathematics, an infinite-period bifurcation is a global bifurcation that can occurs when two fixed points emerge on a limit cycle. As the limit of a parameter approaches a certain critical value, the speed of the oscillation slows down and the period approaches infinity.
Infinitely near point In mathematics, the notion of infinitely near points was initially part of the intuitive foundations of differential calculus. In the simplest terms, two points which lie at an infinitesimal distance apart are considered infinitely near.
Infinitesimal In mathematics, an infinitesimal, or infinitely small number, is a number that is smaller in absolute value than any positive real number. A number x is an infinitesimal if and only if for every integer n, |nx| is less than 1, no matter how large n is.
Infiniti Infiniti is a Japanese automobile manufacturer and serves as Nissan's luxury brand to the United States, Canadian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, South Korean (first dealership opened in July 2005) and Taiwanese markets. Nissan also has plans to release Infiniti into many European markets (Russia & Ukraine in 2007, United Kingdom in 2008 China] (10 dealerships by 2007), as well as in [[Japan sometime after 2008.
Infiniti (Medea) Infiniti is a brand of recordable optical media, recordable CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R Lightscribe and other backup storage media made by Medea International, a British company based in Scotland. The Infiniti brand name has been very successful in Europe, and has been selling since 1998.
Infiniti G20 The G20 was Infiniti's entry-level luxury car during most of the 1990s and into the 2000s. The G20 was a product of badge engineering as it was virtually identical to the Japanese/European market Nissan Primera sedan, although the G20 offered a variant of Nissan's 2.
Infiniti J The Infiniti J30 was a rear wheel drive luxury car. The J30 went into production on April 7, 1992 as a 1993 model to replace the M30 (which was a coupe), and was launched in the United States at the same time as its competitor, the Lexus GS.
Infiniti M30 The Infiniti M30 (chassis code F31) was a 2-door coupe introduced with the Q45 as the start of the Infiniti line in 1990, as a stopgap until other models could be produced. The M30 was basically a Japanese Nissan Leopard built with left-hand drive and rebadged as an Infiniti, and had added luxury features.
Infiniti QX4 The Infiniti QX4 and the Nissan Terrano Regulus are mid-size luxury SUVs introduced in 1997 as rebadged Nissan Pathfinders. It was released a year after Acura's release of the SLX and Lexus's release of the larger LX 450, and it is Infiniti's first entry into SUVs.
Infiniti QX56 The Infiniti QX56 is a full-size luxury SUV sold under the Nissan-owned Infiniti luxury brand. It is based on the Nissan Armada full-size SUV, and shares the F-Alpha platform with the Nissan Titan pickup truck.
Infinitive In grammar, infinitive is the name for certain verb forms that exist in many languages. In the usual (traditional) description of English, the infinitive of a verb is its basic form with or without the particle to: therefore, do and to do, be and to be, and so on are infinitives.
Infinity The word infinity comes from the Latin infinitas or "unboundedness." It refers to several distinct concepts (usually linked to the idea of "without end" or "bigger than the biggest thing you can think of") which arise in philosophy, mathematics, theology and everyday life.
Infinity (game) Infinity is a science fiction skirmish-level tabletop miniature wargame, produced by Corvus Belli. Set about 175 years into the future, players of the game enact a skirmish between opposing forces using 28 mm scale miniatures, as well as utilising a flexible order system, allowing involved gameplay for both players, regardless of whose turn it is.
Infinity cove In photography, an infinity cove is used to give the impression that the background of an object goes on for infinity. Types of photos that use these are the majority of marketing images where the product is in the foreground and the background is completely white.
Infinity Cat Recordings Infinity Cat Recordings is an independent record label from Nashville, Tennessee. Started and run in the basement of the home of Jamin, Jake, and Robert Ellis Orrall in 2002 – the latter being a thirty-year music business veteran.
Infinity Club Infinity Club was a nightclub and music venue located in London's West End, at 10 Old Burlington Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 3AG, United Kingdom. It opened its doors as Infinity Club on Saturday 11 January 2003.
Infinity Crusade The Infinity Crusade was a fictional conflict over cosmic cubes in the Marvel Comics Universe. It was depicted in a 1993 six-issue limited series written by Jim Starlin, although major events also took place in the two books featuring Adam Warlock that Marvel was publishing at the time.
Infinity Engine The Infinity Engine is a computer game engine which allows the creation of isometric computer role-playing games. It was developed by BioWare for Battleground Infinity which later became the first installment of the Baldur's Gate series.
Infinity Fortress The Infinity Fortress is a fictional locale in the world of the GetBackers manga series, and the anime based upon it. Named as such in the English translation of the manga, it is known in Japanese as Mugenjou (無限城, literally "infinite fortress") it is also variously translated as the Limitless Fortress in ADV's English dub of the anime, and Maze City in Animax's.
Infinity Online Infinity Online is a free action MMOG created by the Korean software company Windysoft. It was supposed to be released on October 12, 2006, but due to an IDC problem, was released internationally on October 17th.
Infinity Recordings Infinity Recordings is a primarily a UK hardcore label distributed from the UK. Originally owned by the UK chart artist DJ Breeze (of Styles & Breeze) it has been taken over since 2004 by DJ Silver of HappyHardcore.
Infinity series The infinity series (Danish Uendelighedsrækken) is a method discovered by the Danish composer Per Nørgård for serializing melody, harmony, and rhythm in musical composition. The method takes its name from the endlessly self-similar nature of the resulting musical material, comparable to fractal geometry.
Infinity Tower Infinity Tower is a skyscraper under construction by Palma Real Estate in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Construction of the 330 metre (1,083 ft) building began in February 2006 and when completed in 2009, it will have 80 Stories and be the world's tallest high rise buiding with a twist of 90Ëš.
Infinity War Infinity War was a comic book crossover that ran through numerous comics published by Marvel Comics in 1992. The main plot of the series occurred in the six-issue Infinity War miniseries, which was written by Jim Starlin and illustrated by Ron Lim.
Infinity Ward Infinity Ward, located in Encino, California, is a computer game developer founded by the former employees of 2015, developers of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault. The studio was acquired by Activision in October 2003.
Infinity Wurks Infinity Wurks is a website that allows people to submit or read pieces of writing that are posted in blog form. Pieces include short stories, novels, reviews of games and movies, poems, songs and comic strips.
Infinity, Inc. Infinity Inc. is a team of comic book superheroes in the DC Comics universe, mostly composed of the children and heirs of the Justice Society of America (making them something of the Society's analogue to the Teen Titans, originally composed of sidekicks of Justice League members).
Infitah Infitah is an Arabic word meaning "open door" and refers to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat "opening the door" to private investment in Egypt. In the years following the October War with Israel in 1973, Sadat brought a number of reforms to Egypt, the most famous of which was making Egypt the first Arab country to recognize Israel's sovereignty.
Inflammation Inflammation is the first response of the immune system to infection or irritation and may be referred to as the innate cascade. Inflammation is characterised by the following quintet: redness (rubor), heat (calor), swelling (tumor), pain (dolor) and dysfunction of the organs involved (functio laesa).
Inflammatory bowel disease In medicine, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the large intestine and, in some cases, the small intestine. It should not be confused with IBS, irritable bowel syndrome, which is an inconvenient yet more innocent disease.
Inflammatory breast cancer Inflammatory breast cancer is an especially aggressive type of breast cancer that can occur in women of any age (and, although extremely rarely, in men). It is unique because it often does not present with a lump and therefore often is not detected by mammography or ultrasound.
Inflammatory papillary hyperplasia Inflammatory papillary hyperplasia is an oral pathologic condition that appears in the mouth as an overgrowth of tissue usually beneath a denture. It is associated with poor denture hygiene, denture overuse, and dentures not fitting well.
Inflammist An inflammist (in-fluh-mist), is a person who specialises in the art of setting fire to things and making the flames aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Usually, this is achieved by controlling the fire using hidden techniques, or by burning a combination of combustable materials in order to achieve a desired coloured effect.
Inflatable An inflatable is an object that can be inflated, usually with air, but hydrogen, helium and nitrogen are also used. The advantage of an inflatable is that it can be stored in a small space when not inflated, since inflatables depend on the presence of a gas to maintain their size and shape.
Inflatable arch An inflatable arch or air-inflated arch is an arch that is inflated by an external cold air inflation fan connected to the arch via an inflation tube. Inflatable arches are customarily 10' to 20' high and 15’ to 30’ wide when inflated and often used as entrances to events or as ad space and mile markers for races.
Inflatable boat An inflatable boat is a lightweight boat constructed with its sides and bow made of flexible tubes and a flexible flat floor. Often the transom is rigid allowing a location and structure to fasten an outboard motor onto, and this type of inflatable is sometimes called a "Zodiac boat".
Inflatable costume An inflatable costume or air-inflated costume is a costume that is inflated around the wearer by means of a battery powered blower that sucks air into the costume. These costumes usually stand nine to ten feet tall when inflated.
Inflatable Icons ‎A technique to turn 2D icons into 3D models. There are many applications, such as rapid prototyping, simulations and presentations, where non-professional computer end-users could benefit from the ability to create simple 3D models.
Inflatable structure Inflatable structures are large cold air inflatables that people (usually children) can enter and bounce around on. They have been marketed under a variety of names: moonwalk or moon bounce or bounce house in the US, bouncy castle or inflatable castle in the UK and parts of Australia, and jumping castle in Australia.
Inflatable tunnel An inflatable tunnel or air-inflated tunnel is a tunnel that is inflated by an external cold air inflation fan connected to the tunnel via an inflation tube. Inflatable tunnels are customarily 10' to 30' long when inflated and often attached to inflatable helmets, mascots or team logos.
Inflation derivatives Inflation Derivatives or inflation-indexed derivatives refer to OTC and exchange traded derivatives that are used to transfer inflation risk from one counterparty to another. Typically, real rate swaps also come under this bracket.
Inflation rate In economics, the inflation rate is the rate of increase of the average price level (a measure of inflation), usually some form of consumer price index. Alternatively, the inflation rate is the rate of decrease in the purchasing power of money.
Inflation targeting Inflation targeting is an economic policy in which a central bank estimates and makes public a projected, or "target," inflation rate and then attempts to steer actual inflation towards the target through the use of interest rate changes and other monetary tools.
Inflation tax An inflation tax is the economic disadvantage suffered by holders of cash and cash equivalents in one denomination of currency due to the effects of inflation, which acts as a hidden tax that subtracts value from those assets.

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