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auxesis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun auxesis has 1 sense
- auxesis(n = noun.process) Array - growth from increase in cell size without cell division; Array is a kind of development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
Derived form adjective auxetic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
auxesis, n. [NL., Gr. increase, fr. , , to increase.].
A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole. [1913 Webster]
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