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thermoratchets

thermoratchets is the plural of thermoratchet.

Meaning of thermoratchet

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...

Questions about thermoratchets

What is thermoratchets the plural of?
Thermoratchets is the plural of thermoratchet.

Words near thermoratchets in the dictionary

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

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