Auxesis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Growth resulting from increase in cell size without cell division.
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  • n. Extreme hyperbole.
  • n. Arranging words or clauses in a sequence of increasing force.
  • n. Amplification in any form.
  • n. The growth of an organism without cell division
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In rhetoric, amplification; exaggeration; hyperbole; the use of a more unusual and high-sounding word for the ordinary and proper word.
  • n. In mathematics, the ratio in which the element of a figure has to be magnified to make it conform to the corresponding element of a conformable figure.
  • n. In botany, the method of increase in size of the valves of diatoms.
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  • n. growth from increase in cell size without cell division
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ontogeny    development    ontogenesis    maturation    growing    growth   
    Form
    auxetically    auxetic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    amplification    hyperbole    incrementum    climax   
     
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