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noun
A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
Overstatement, hyperbole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
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Antonyms: meiosis
noun
A rhetorical device whereby the subject matter is made greater, particularly
Arrangement of a series in ascending order.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, rhetoric, uncountable
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noun
Biological growth, (now usually restricted to) expansion or growth of an organism apart from that due to cellular division.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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noun
The condition of being auxetic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
growth from increase in cell size without cell division
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
History
From Ancient Greek αὔξησις (aúxēsis, “growth”), from αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to grow”).
