English Explanatory Dictionary

homodromous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. 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. 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).

Word forms

homodromous

Etymology

From homo- + -dromous.

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