Look up: ratchet

1. ratchet
   [n] - mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction 2. [v] - move by degrees in one direction only, as of toothed wheels
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2. ratchet
   a generic term used to describe certain tool movements, such as the cone-to-slip engagement on permanent packers or plugs.
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3. ratchet
   a generic term used to describe certain tool movements, such as the cone-to-slip engagement on permanent packers or plugs.
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4. ratchet
   a mechanism consisting of a ratchet wheel(or of a rack)and a pawl.It is used to drive or to stop another mechanism Category: Mechanical engineering • Toothed wheel or rack capable of movement in one direction only.Movement in the other direction being prevented by a pawl. Category: ag...
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5. Ratchet
   Ratch'et (-ĕt) noun [ Properly a diminutive from the same word as rack : confer French rochet . See 2d Ratch , Rack the instrument.] 1. A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ra...
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6. ratchet
   1. A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc. ... 2. A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch. Ratchet brace, a circular wheel having teeth, usually angular, with which a reciprocating pawl engages to...
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7. ratchet
   rachet noun mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
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8. Ratchet
   • (n.) A pawl, click, or detent, for holding or propelling a ratchet wheel, or ratch, etc. • (n.) A mechanism composed of a ratchet wheel, or ratch, and pawl. See Ratchet wheel, below, and 2d Ratch.
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9. ratchet
   mechanical device that transmits intermittent rotary motion or permits a shaft to rotate in one direction but not in the opposite one. In the the ...
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10. ratchet
    `Bonus` and/or `malus` agreement, where depending whether the enterprise achieves its targets, equity holdings can be purchased at preferential terms by the seller (`bonus`) or buyer (`malus`)....
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11. Ratchet
    A toothed wheel placed at the end of cloth and warp beams which is held by a pawl to keep the beam from rotating.
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12. Ratchet
    A ratchet is a bar or piece of mechanism turning at one end upon a pivot while at the other end falls into the teeth of a wheel or rack so as to allow the later to move in obe direction only. A ratchet working on a wheel is known as a pawl, the wheel being known as a ratchet-wheel.
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13. Ratchet
    (device) A `ratchet` is a device that allows continuous linear or rotary motion in only one direction while preventing motion in the opposite direction. Because most socket wrenches today use ratcheting handles, the term "ratchet" alone is often used to refer to a ratcheting wrench,...
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14. Ratchet
    (instrument) A `ratchet`, also called a `noisemaker` (or, when used in Judaism, a `gragger` or `grogger` (רעשן-->)), is an orchestral musical instrument played by percussionists. Operating on the principle of the ratchet device, a gearwheel and a stiff board is mounted on a handle...
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15. Ratchet
    (Ratchet & Clank) `Ratchet` is the main character of the m--> tall, 15 years old (at the start of the series) and weighs 151 lbs (44.3 kg). In the English versions of the games, Ratchet is voiced by Mikey Kelley in the first Ratchet & Clank and by James Arnold Taylor in all ...
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16. Ratchet
    (Transformers) `Ratchet` is the name of several characters in the Transformers universes. According to the original creator of the Transformers names, Bob Budiansky, Ratchet was named after the character of Nurse Ratched from the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest.--> The name Ratche...
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