auxetic
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 7
/ɔːkˈsɛtɪk/
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/ɔːkˈsɛtɪk/ · /ɔkˈsɛtɪk/ · /ɑkˈsɛtɪk/
Definition of auxetic
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
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adj
- Having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
- Relating to auxesis
noun
- An auxetic material.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὐξητικός (auxētikós, “growing, promoting growth, productive”).
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