Heterodromous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heterodromous \Het`er*od"ro*mous\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. ? to run.]
     1. (Bot.) Having spirals of changing direction. --Gray.
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     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.
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