Associations to the word «Auxetic»

Wiktionary

AUXETIC, adjective. (chemistry) Containing the property of counter-intuitively expanding when being stretched.
AUXETIC, noun. An auxetic material.

Dictionary definition

AUXETIC, adjective. Of or relating to growth by auxesis.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley