auxetic
UK/ɔːkˈsɛtɪk/US/ɔkˈsɛtɪk/
auxetic adjective: having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
Adjective
auxetic (comparative more auxetic, superlative most auxetic)
- Having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
- Relating to auxesis
Noun
auxetic (plural auxetics)
- An auxetic material.
auxetic meaning in Tamil and Bengali
auxetic in Tamil
- வர்த்தனந்தூண்டி
auxetic in Bengali
- অক্সেসিস সংক্রান্ত, একটি অক্সেটিক উপাদান
Forms of auxetic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more auxetic |
| superlative | most auxetic |
| Noun | |
| plural | auxetics |
Origin of auxetic
From Ancient Greek αὐξητικός (auxētikós, “growing, promoting growth, productive”).
Words formed from auxetic
Words that rhyme with auxetic
- sympathetic
- hermetic
- kinetic
- athletic
- genetic
- magnetic
- energetic
- pathetic
- syndetic
- aesthetic
- diabetic
- diaeretic
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- frenetic
- mimetic
- peripatetic
- planetic
- poetic
- tonetic
- abietic
- anesthetic
- anoetic
- anuretic
- apathetic
- ascetic
- cybernetic
- dietetic
- epithetic
- Helvetic
- parasympathetic
- parenthetic
- phyletic
- Sidetic
- splenetic
- synaeretic
- synizetic
- tabetic
- threnetic
- alexipyretic
- algetic
- alphabetic
- alphametic
- amuletic
- analgetic
- anchoretic
- anoretic
- aphetic
- aporetic
- archegetic
- asyndetic
- auletic
- autonoetic
- balletic
- Baphometic
- cardioparasympathetic
- cardiosympathetic
- cometic
- conspiracy-theoretic
- cynegetic
- diagenetic
- diakinetic
Questions about auxetic
- What does auxetic mean?
- Auxetic means having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
- What is auxetic in Tamil?
- Auxetic in Tamil is வர்த்தனந்தூண்டி. See Auxetic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is auxetic?
- Auxetic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce auxetic?
- Auxetic is pronounced /ɔːkˈsɛtɪk/ (UK).
Words near auxetic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: auxetic (page history and authors); auxetic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); auxetic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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