auxetic

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek αὐξητικός (auxētikós, “growing, promoting growth, productive”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɔːkˈsɛtɪk/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɔkˈsɛtɪk/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɑkˈsɛtɪk/ Rhymes: -ɛtɪk === Adjective === auxetic (comparative more auxetic, superlative most auxetic) (chemistry) Having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched. (pathology) Relating to auxesis ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === auxetic (plural auxetics) (chemistry) An auxetic material. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === eutaxic