auxesis noun. [ɔ:k'si:sɪs] L16.
[Late Latin from Greek auxēsis increase, amplification.]
1. Rhetoric. Increase in intensity of meaning; hyperbole; amplification. L16.
2. Biology. Increase, growth; esp. increase in size by expansion of cell size or number of cells. M19.

■ auxetic [-'sɛtɪk] adjective M18.

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