quench

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kwɛnt͡ʃ/ Rhymes: -ɛntʃ === Verb === quench (third-person singular simple present quenches, present participle quenching, simple past quenched, past participle quenched or (obsolete) quent) (transitive, originally figurative) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst. Synonyms: appease, slake (transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light). (transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid 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. (transitive, physics) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === quench (plural quenches) The act of quenching something; the fact of being quenched. (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.