(a.) 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.
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Homodromous
Definition:
(a.) Running in the same direction; -- said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.
(a.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) The hydrogen bonding in MEGA-8 is a finite chain; in MEGA-11 it includes a homodromic four-bond cycle.
(2) The hydrogen bonding of the gluconamide moieties includes a four-link homodromic cycle.