STILL ON A CACTUS ROLL. I am well known for my inability to turn away an orphan plant. I even go searching for them. Our local Lowes has a reduced table and if I am in the area I always stop in to take a look. In the past I have found some very nice plants on that table and I get satisfaction for restoring them to good health. However, if this week I was thinking about reducing the number of potted plants I have, all thoughts were out of my head today when I espied these cactus on the $1 table.
Figure 1: A ratchet featuring gear (1) and pawl (2) mounted on base (3). A ratchet is a mechanical device that allows continuous linear or rotary motion in only one direction while preventing motion in the opposite direction. Ratchets are widely used in machinery and tools. Though something of a misnomer, ratchet is also often used to refer to ratcheting socket wrenches, a common tool with a ratcheting handle.
ratchet effect. Definition. The implication for a variable that (like a ratchet) can move one direction but not the other. Thus if wages or prices are are inflexible downward but not upward, then fluctuations in the economy will only cause them, intermittently, to rise. Use ratchet effect in a sentence. â 1  You should try and make sure to find a way to use the ratchet effect in your favor if that is at all possible. â 2  For awhile, it seemed crude oil was in a ratchet effect as the dollar continued to deteriorate, since prices of barrels only seemed to go up.