auxesis

n. 细胞增大性生长

词形变化

auxeses 复数 auxeses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly

    Overstatement, hyperbole.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly

    Arrangement of a series in ascending order.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  3. 3.

    Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.

    可数 不可数 生物

    Botanists do still distinguish between auxesis or growth by expansion, and merisis or growth by cell-multiplication.

  4. 4.

    The condition of being auxetic

    可数 不可数 化学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 6

growing development growth maturation ontogenesis ontogeny

词源

From Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis, “growth”), from αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”).

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