Homodromous

[hәu'mɔdrәmәs]

Definition

(a.) Running in the same direction; -- said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.

(a.) 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.

Editor: Sheldon

Definition

adj. (bot.) following the same direction as the leaf-spirals on certain branches: (obs.) having the power and the weight on the same side of the fulcrum of a lever.

Edited by Adela