flation

Distortions of area; differences in the areas of objects on a map compared to true scale.

Noun

  1. Distortions of area; differences in the areas of objects on a map compared to true scale.
    • There is only inflation or deflation of scale (which we refer to generically as "flation") from whatever is designated as the standard. - 2016, Sarah E. Battersby, Daniel “daan” Strebe, Michael P. Finn, “Shapes on a...

Origin

By analogy with inflation and deflation.