"thermoratchet" meaning in English

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          "text": "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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        "A device or system that changes temperature in one direction only"
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        "(physics) A device or system that changes temperature in one direction only"
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