{ Ho‐mod″ro‐mal (?), Ho‐mod″ro‐mous (?), } a. [Homo- + Gr. � 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.
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.