HETERODROMOUS

Het′er‐od″ro‐mous (?), a. [[Hetero- + Gr. � to run.]] 1. 1. (Bot.) Having spirals of changing direction. Gray.
2. 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.