homodromou

{ } a. [ Homo- + Gr. &unr_; 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 ]