homodromous

Ho*mod"ro*mal, Ho*mod"ro*mous, a. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. 1. (Bot.) Defn: Running in the same direction; -- said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches. 2. (Mech.) Defn: Moving in the same direction; -- said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis.

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