auxetic

From Ancient Greek αὐξητικός (auxētikós, “growing, promoting growth, productive”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɔːkˈsɛtɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɔkˈsɛtɪk/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɑkˈsɛtɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

auxetic (comparative more auxetic, superlative most auxetic)

2. (chemistry) Having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
4. (pathology) Relating to auxesis

auxetic (plural auxetics)

2. (chemistry) An auxetic material.

• eutaxic