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Webster 1913 Edition


Auxetic

Aux-et′ic

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Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK].]
Pertaining to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying.

Definition 2024


auxetic

auxetic

English

Adjective

auxetic (comparative more auxetic, superlative most auxetic)

  1. (chemistry) Containing the property of counter-intuitively expanding when being stretched.

Noun

auxetic (plural auxetics)

  1. An auxetic material.