'Homodromous' definitions:
Definition of 'Homodromous'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]