AUXETIC


Meaning of AUXETIC in English

/awg zet"ik, awk set"-/ , Biol.

adj.

1. pertaining to or promoting auxesis.

n.

2. an auxetic agent.

[ 1730-40; auxetikos increasing, equiv. to auxet ( ós ) increased (deriv. of aúxein; see AUXESIS) + -ikos -IC ]

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