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Webster 1913 Edition
Heterodromous
Hetˊer-od′ro-mous
,Adj.
[
Hetero-
+ Gr. [GREEK] 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.