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thermoratchet en · NOUN

Etymology

From thermo- + ratchet.

Meanings

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, “Terahertz ratchet effects in graphene with a lateral superlattice”, in arXiv:

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