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 are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche