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deflater

deflater is the alternative form of deflator.

Meaning of deflator

Noun

deflator (plural deflators)

  1. That which deflates.
    • The balloons will have to have an altitude deflator. When a balloon reaches a certain predetermined altitude, the deflator will begin to let out the helium gas to the point of restricting the ultimate ascension of the balloon.2017, Daniel Perkins, Ted Baker in Terrorist Gold, page 161
  2. A factor applied to economic statistics in order to counter the effect of inflation.

Forms of deflater

pluraldeflaters

Origin of deflater

From deflate + -er.

Questions about deflater

What is deflater the alternative form of?
Deflater is the alternative form of deflator.

Words near deflater in the dictionary

  1. deflate
  2. deflated
  3. deflatedly
  4. deflatedness
  5. Deflategate
  6. deflater
  7. deflaters
  8. deflates
  9. deflating
  10. deflatingly
  11. deflation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deflater (page history and authors); deflator (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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