thermoratchet

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noun

A device or system that changes temperature in one direction only

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Meanings

nounthermoratchet (plural thermoratchets)

plural thermoratchets

  1. natural sciencesA 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

Origin

From thermo- + ratchet.

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