Phrase Hound found 23 phrases and 5 compound words that contain ratchet. The most common are listed below. Open ratchet in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 23
- ratchet wrenchA wrench, implementing a ratchet mechanism, usually used with a set of sockets to engage the head of a bolt or similar.
- ratchet wheelA toothed wheel either held in position or turned by an engaging detent or pawl.
- Muller's ratchetThe process by which the genomes of an asexual population accumulate deleterious mutations in an irreversible manner; proposed as a theory to explain the evolution of sex.
- ratchet upTo increase; especially, to increase by degrees in a way that only gets worse, never experiencing any reprieves.
- ratchet effectAn instance of the restrained ability of human processes to be reversed once a specific thing has happened.
- Brownian ratchetAn apparent perpetual motion machine, the subject of a thought experiment, that would consist of a tiny paddle wheel and a ratchet, and might seem to be able to extract useful work from random fluctuations (heat) in a system at thermal …
- Feynman-Smoluchowski ratchetSynonym of Brownian ratchet: An apparent perpetual motion machine, the subject of a thought experiment, that would consist of a tiny paddle wheel and a ratchet, and might seem to be able to extract useful work from random fluctuations …
- full ratchetAn antidilution approach by which, if a subsequent round of funding would decrease an investor's equity ownership percentage, the investor is given additional shares to maintain the former percentage.
- ratchet couplingA device for uncoupling machinery in the event of a sudden stoppage.
- ratchet drillA tool for drilling holes, having the bit mounted in a stock and rotated by a ratchet wheel and ratchet lever.
- ratchet drillsplural of ratchet drill: A tool for drilling holes, having the bit mounted in a stock and rotated by a ratchet wheel and ratchet lever.
- ratchet effectsplural of ratchet effect: An instance of the restrained ability of human processes to be reversed once a specific thing has happened.
- ratchet jacka jack raised or lowered by means of a pawl and ratchet operated by a reversing lever
- ratchet jacksplural of ratchet jack: a jack raised or lowered by means of a pawl and ratchet operated by a reversing lever
- ratchet jawAn excessively talkative CB radio user; a chatterbox.
- ratchet jawsplural of ratchet jaw: An excessively talkative CB radio user; a chatterbox.
- ratchet leverA lever fitted round a ratchet wheel.
- ratchet leversplural of ratchet lever: A lever fitted round a ratchet wheel.
- ratchet punchA punch worked by means of a ratchet lever.
- ratchet punchesplural of ratchet punch: A punch worked by means of a ratchet lever.
- ratchet wheelsplural of ratchet wheel: A toothed wheel either held in position or turned by an engaging detent or pawl.
- ratchet couplingsplural of ratchet coupling: A device for uncoupling machinery in the event of a sudden stoppage.
- ratchet wrenchesplural of ratchet wrench: A wrench, implementing a ratchet mechanism, usually used with a set of sockets to engage the head of a bolt or similar.
Compound words 5
- ratchetlikeResembling or characteristic of a ratchet.
- ratchetnessThe quality of being ratchet.
- thermoratchetA device or system that changes temperature in one direction only
- microratchetA microscopic ratchet, typically formed from nanohairs
- ratchetingsplural of ratcheting: present participle and gerund of ratchet