Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to auxesis; amplifying; increasing.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to growth by auxesis
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek αὐξητικός (auxeticos, "growing, promoting growth, productive") (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Patents have already been granted to the team led by Professor Elias Siores at Bolton University, where auxetic materials were pioneered by another group led by Dr Kim Alderson.”
The Guardian: Fancy that - a computer bag which keeps the machine powered up
“Already noted for its pioneering auxetic bandages, which remarkably grow thicker when you stretch them, the local university has now invented a cloth which produces its own power.”
The Guardian: Fancy that - a computer bag which keeps the machine powered up
“This video .mov format from Bolton University, UK, shows an auxetic foam in action.”
“We would like to hear from individuals working in areas related or complementary to existing materials research at Exeter - such as nanoscale materials, structured meta-materials, photonic materials, auxetic materials, magnetic materials, additive layer manufacturing or graphene science.”
“From the standpoint of applications Isotropic auxetic materials are more attractive, since negative Poisson's ratio is achieved for loadings applied along any direction.”
“Modelling of auxetic networked polymers built from calix [4] arene building”
“Deformation mechanisms leading to auxetic behaviour in the alpha-cristobalite and …”
“However, unlike many other examples of auxetic materials the negative plastic Poisson's ratio is more rare and has a significant effect in promoting the plastic deformation capability and toughness of the composite.”
“Examples of auxetic fused fibrous assemblies can be found among both natural and synthetic materials.”
“Materials with a negative Poisson's ratio (auxetic) exhibit the unusual property of becoming wider when stretched and thinner when compressed.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘auxetic’.
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Wordie/Wordnik Curio Cabinet
Oddments culled from my "main" lists that belong in a display cabinet of their own, plus sundry other curiosities. :-)
zeugma, ziggurat, xiphoid, xeric, whizgigging, whangdoodle, viviparous, vivific, vinolent, verjuice, vellicate, velleity and 1193 more...
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
unitegmic, acaulescent, reticuloendothelial, ingressive, uniate, acanthopterygian, ossific, epiphysial, perivisceral, acœlomatous, cestoid, acælomate and 7756 more...
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apopheniac's Words
empyrean, factitious, bedizened, bafflegab, auxetic, cucurbitaceous, tergiversate, apopheniac, picayune, refractory, supine, indite and 70 more...
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