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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.
Definition 2024
homodromous
homodromous
English
Adjective
homodromous (not comparable)
- (botany) Running in the same direction; said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.
- (engineering) 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.