Thermoratchet

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"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."

Etymology

From thermo- + ratchet.

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