Auxetic

Meaning

Adj

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In Chemistry:

Having the

of

counterintuitively

when being stretched.

●

In Pathology:

Relating to auxesis

Noun

●

In Chemistry:

An

material.

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Origin

auxetic

English

αὐξητικός

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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