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thermoratchet

thermoratchet noun: a device or system that changes temperature in one direction only.

Noun

thermoratchet (plural thermoratchets)

  1. A device or system that changes temperature in one direction only
    • The ratchet photocurrent includes the Seebeck thermoratchet effect as well as the effects of "linear" and "circular" ratchets, sensitive to the corresponding polarization of the driving electromagnetic force.2015, P. Olbrich, J. Kamann, M. König, J. Munzert, L. Tutsch, J. Eroms, D.Weiss, Ming-Hao Liu, L.E. Golub, E.L. Ivchenko, V.V.Popov, D.V. Fateev, K.V. Mashinsky, F. Fromm, Th. Seyller, S.D. Ganichev...

Forms of thermoratchet

pluralthermoratchets

Origin of thermoratchet

From thermo- + ratchet.

Questions about thermoratchet

What does thermoratchet mean?
Thermoratchet means a device or system that changes temperature in one direction only.
What part of speech is thermoratchet?
Thermoratchet is a noun.
What is the plural of thermoratchet?
The plural of thermoratchet is thermoratchets.

Words near thermoratchet in the dictionary

  1. thermopterin
  2. thermoptometry
  3. Thermopylae
  4. thermoradiosensitization
  5. thermoradiotherapy
  6. thermoratchet
  7. thermoratchets
  8. thermoreactive
  9. thermoreception
  10. thermoreceptive
  11. thermoreceptor

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