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Definition auxesis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (aux?sis, “growth”), from ???????? (auxánein, “to grow”).

Noun

auxesis (countable and uncountable, plural auxeses)

1. (rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
   1. (rhetoric) Overstatement, hyperbole.
   2. (rhetoric, obsolete) Arrangement of a series in ascending order.
2. (biology) Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.
3. (chemistry) The condition of being auxetic

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