Definition of Heteradromous
Het`er*od"ro*mous (?), a. [Hetero-
+ Gr. &?; to run.] 1. (Bot.) Having
spirals of changing direction. Gray.
2. (Mech.) Moving in opposite
directions; -- said of a lever, pulley, etc., in which the resistance
and the actuating force are on opposite sides of the fulcrum or
axis.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Of levers, in which the power and weight move in opposite directions
- (botany) Spiralling in opposite directions on a stem or branch
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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