The Collaborative International Dictionary
Homodromal
Homodromal \Ho*mod"ro*mal\, Homodromous \Ho*mod"ro*mous\, a.
(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.
(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.