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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a ratchet" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a tool that is used to tighten or loosen bolts, or metaphorically to describe a situation that is difficult to reverse or change.
Example: "He used a ratchet to secure the loose parts of the machinery."
Alternatives: "a wrench" or "a tightening tool".
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This creates a ratchet effect.
"Tore it on a ratchet.
A ratchet trap for Leidenfrost drops.
Knowledge accumulates: a ratchet effect is produced.
And the coalition's education reforms act as a ratchet.
They have been driven by a ratchet effect.
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Switching between the two games seemed to create a ratchet-like effect.
A ratchet-like inter-subunit reorganization of the ribosome during translocation.
Frank and Agrawal observed a ratchet-like relative rotation of the two ribosomal subunits.
In this work, we propose a ratchet-like biophysical model for the zipper mechanism.
Such a bifurcation in the behavioral repertoire of a system provides a ratchet-like "checkpoint" [ 17].
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