flation

English

Etymology

By analogy with inflation and deflation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfleɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

flation (uncountable)

1. (cartography) Distortions of area; differences in the areas of objects on a map compared to true scale.
   • 2016, Sarah E. Battersby, Daniel “daan” Strebe, Michael P. Finn, “Shapes on a plane: evaluating the impact of projection distortion on spatial binning, Cartography and Geographic Information Science”, in Cartography and Geographic Information Science, →DOI:

     There is only inflation or deflation of scale (which we refer to generically as "flation") from whatever is designated as the standard.