Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In mech., having, as a lever, the power and weight on the same side of the fulcrum, so that both move up or down together. See
lever . - In botany, having a similar spiral arrangement of the leaves on the stem and branches; having the spires running in the same direction: opposed to heterodromous.
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- adjective botany Running in the same direction; said of
stems twining round a support, or of thespiral succession ofleaves on stems and their branches. - adjective engineering Moving in the same direction; said of a
lever orpulley in which theresistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of thefulcrum oraxis .
Etymologies
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homo- + -dromous
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