ratcheting
verb
- 1
To cause to become incremented or decremented.
“It's time to ratchet up the intensity level here.”
- 2
To increment or decrement.
noun
- 1
The act by which something is ratcheted.
- 2
A conjurers' trick of bending an object back and forth to induce metal fatigue, so that it can be broken later by rubbing it.
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