Meanings
adjectiveauxetic (comparative more auxetic, superlative most auxetic)
comparative more auxetic · superlative most auxetic
- chemistryHaving the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
- medicineRelating to auxesis
Origin
- Ancient Greekαὐξητικός“growing, promoting growth, productive”
- Englishauxetic
From Ancient Greek αὐξητικός (auxētikós, “growing, promoting growth, productive”).
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Chinese Mandarin 拉胀材料
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Finnish aukseettinen, aukseettinen aine
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French auxétique
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Polish auksetyczny, auksetyk
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with auxetic
magneticgeneticathleticdiabeticaestheticenergetickineticsympatheticpoeticpatheticalphabeticanestheticgeodeticdieteticdiuretichermeticapatheticfreneticcyberneticasceticparamagneticmimeticunsympatheticparasympathetic
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Cite this entry
APA
auxetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auxetic
MLA
“auxetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auxetic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “auxetic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auxetic.
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