auxetic

1. 1.

   of or relating to growth by auxesis

Questions about auxetic

What does auxetic mean?

auxetic means "of or relating to growth by auxesis".

How many syllables are in auxetic?

auxetic has 3 syllables and divides as aux-e-tic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is auxetic a common word?

auxetic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.