Heterodromous

Het`er`od´ro`mous

1.(Bot.) Having spirals of changing direction.

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.

heterodromous

[het″er-od´ro-mus] moving or acting in other than the usual or forward direction.

het·er·od·ro·mous

(het'ĕr-ōd'rŏ-mŭs), Moving in the opposite direction. [hetero- + G. dromos, running]

het·er·od·ro·mous

(het'ĕr-od'rŏ-mŭs) Moving in the opposite direction. [hetero- + G. dromos, running]

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