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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Homodromal \Ho*mod"ro*mal\, Homodromous \Ho*mod"ro*mous\, a.
[Homo- + Gr. ? 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.
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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.
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