auxesis
/AO1 K S AH0 S IH0 S/noun
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(rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
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(rhetoric) Overstatement, hyperbole.
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(biology) Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.
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(chemistry) The condition of being auxetic
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(rhetoric, obsolete) Arrangement of a series in ascending order.
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