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Webster 1913 Edition
Homodromous
{
Ho-mod′ro-mal
,Ho-mod′ro-mous
, }Adj.
[
Homo-
+ Gr. [GREEK] a course, running.] 1.
(Bot.)
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.)
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.