The Collaborative International Dictionary
Homodromous
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.
Wiktionary
homodromous
a. 1 (context botany English) Running in the same direction; said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaf on stems and their branches. 2 (context engineering English) 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.