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Meaning of thermoratchet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A device or system that changes temperature in one direction only

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

thermoreception thermoreceptor thermoreduction thermoreflectance thermoreflectivity thermoregulation

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