auxetic

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐξητικός (auxētikós, growing, promoting growth, productive).

Adjective

auxetic (comparative more auxetic, superlative most auxetic)

  1. (chemistry) Having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
  2. (pathology) Relating to auxesis

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Noun

auxetic (plural auxetics)

  1. (chemistry) An auxetic material.

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