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单词 auxesis
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auxesisn.

/ɔːkˈsiːsɪs/
Etymology: Latin, < Greek αὔξησις increase, amplification, < αὐξάνειν to increase.
Rhetoric.
1. Amplification: (a) a gradual increase in intensity of meaning (obsolete); (b) hyperbole.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > hyperbole
auxesis1577
overreacher1589
hyperboly1597
transcendence1625
hyperbole-
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > climax
gradation1538
climax1572
auxesis1577
advancer1589
increment1753
1577 H. Peacham Garden of Eloquence sig. Niv Avxesis, when we vse a greater word for a lesse, or thus, when the word is greater then the thing is in deede.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 182 Auxesis, or the Auancer..as..He lost besides his children and his wife, His realme, ronowne, liege, libertie and life.
1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 55 Auxesis, when we increase or advance the signification of a speech.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Auxesis,..a Figure, when any thing is magnified too much.
2. Biology, Plant Physiology. (See quots.)
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > types of growth
monstruosity1402
monstrosity1555
accretion1615
misgrowth1648
monstruousness1653
miscreance1658
homonomya1682
agenesis1827
hypertrophy1834
auxesis1842
overgrowth1844
neoplasia1871
ingrowth1877
concrescence1878
accrementition1879
neogenesis1884
geomalism1885
giantism1885
geomaly1889
merisis1940
the world > plants > part of plant > growth, movement, or curvature of parts > [noun]
organogenesis1865
auxesis1900
1842 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 3) Auxesis, augmentation, increase.
1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 28/1 Auxesis, (1) dilatation or increase in the valves of Diatoms, etc.; (2) new formation of organs (Czapek); (3) predominance of leaves, hairs, etc., on a particular side (Pfeffer).
1903 A. J. Ewart tr. W. Pfeffer Physiol. Plants II. 73 The term ‘auxesis’ (photoauxesis) may be used to denote the predominant formation of leaves, roots, or hairs upon a particular side.
1940 Nature 9 Nov. 618/1 Botanists do still distinguish between auxesis or growth by expansion, and merisis or growth by cell-multiplication.
1953 Faber Med. Dict. 53/1 Auxesis, increase in size by cell expansion without cell division.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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