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Definition quench

Etymology

From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwen?an, acwen?an, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijan?.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.
2. (transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
3. (transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
4. (transitive, chemistry) To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
5. (transitive, physics) To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.

Noun

quench (plural quenches)

1. (physics) The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.
2. (physics) A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system.

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