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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King