Sekirov Dictionary

quench

/kwɛnt͡ʃ/

verb 6
noun 3
forms 8

verb6

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To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
- “From here you will see which one of us two stands up...when the fiery vomit is quenched.” — 1961
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To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
- The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.
To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
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To rapidly terminate the operation of a superconducting electromagnet by causing part or all of the magnet's windings to enter the normal, resistive state.
- If someone is pinned against the MRI magnet by a ferromagnetic object, you may need to quench the magnet in order to free them.
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To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
- The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter.
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To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.
- A suitable method to prepare a system out of equilibrium in order to study the ensuing dynamics is to quench the system, i.e., to change its parameters abruptly. — 2018

noun3

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The act of quenching something; the fact of being quenched.
- Then the MacManus [i.e. a ship] went down. The sudden quench of the white light was how I knew it. — 1965
The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.
A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system.

forms

quench'd · quenched · quencht · quent · quenching · quenches · quencheth · quenchest

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