QUENCH

quench

(verb) cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; “quench steel”

quench

(verb) reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance

squelch, quell, quench

(verb) suppress or crush completely; “squelch any sign of dissent”; “quench a rebellion”

quench, slake, allay, assuage

(verb) satisfy (thirst); “The cold water quenched his thirst”

quench

(verb) electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

quench (third-person singular simple present quenches, present participle quenching, simple past and past participle quenched)

(transitive) To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.

Synonyms: appease, slake

(transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).

(transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.

(transitive, chemistry) To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.

(transitive, physics) To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.

Noun

quench (plural quenches)

(physics) The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.

(physics) A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system.

Source: Wiktionary

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Quench, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Quenching.] Etym: [OE. quenchen, AS. cwencan in acwencan, to extinguish utterly, causative of cwincan, acwincan, to decrease, disappear; cf. AS. cwinan, acwinan, to waste or dwindle away.]

1. To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc. Ere our blood shall quench that fire. Shak. The supposition of the lady's death Will quench the wonder of her infamy. Shak.

2. To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering.

Syn.

– To extinguish; still; stifle; allay; cool; check.

Quench, v. i.

Definition: To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool. [R.] Dost thou think in time She will not quench! Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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