auxesis
- (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
- (countable, obsolete, rhetoric, uncountable) A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
- (countable, uncountable) Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.
- (countable, uncountable) The condition of being auxetic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis, “growth”), from αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”).
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