heterotactic

adjective

het·​er·​o·​tac·​tic

¦hetərō¦taktik

variants or less commonly heterotactous

-təs

: characterized by or exhibiting heterotaxis

Word History

Etymology

heter- + -tactic or -tactous (from Greek taktos ordered, fixed)

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