Assertion: ratchet | /r/CapableOf | rotate in one direction
Facets:
value: continuously
type: TEMPORAL
value: freely
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The device consists of a gear known as a ratchet that rotates freely in one direction but is prevented from rotating in the opposite direction by a pawl.
text: The net effect of many such random collisions would seem to be that the ratchet rotates continuously in that direction.
text: Although such collisions would tend to turn the rod in either direction with equal probability, the pawl allows the ratchet to rotate in one direction only.