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verb (used with object)
1.
to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
2.
to put out or extinguish (fire, flames, etc.).
3.
to cool suddenly by plunging into a liquid, as in tempering steel by immersion in water.
4.
to subdue or destroy; overcome; quell: to quench an uprising.
5.
Electronics. to terminate (the flow of electrons in a vacuum tube) by application of a voltage.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English quenchen, earlier cwenken; compare Old English -cwencan in ācwencan to quench (compare a-3)
1150–1200; Middle English quenchen, earlier cwenken; compare Old English -cwencan in ācwencan to quench (compare a-3)
Related forms
quench·a·ble, adjective
quench·a·ble·ness, noun
quench·er, noun
un·quench·a·ble, adjective
un·quenched, adjective
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Quenching
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Word Origin & History
quench
O.E. acwencan "to quench" (of fire, light), from P.Gmc. *cwandjan, probably a causative form of root of O.E. cwincan "to go out, be extinguished," O.Fris. kwinka.
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Medical Dictionary
quenching quench·ing (kwěn'chĭng)
n.
The process of extinguishing, removing, or diminishing a physical property such as heat or light.
The shifting of the energy spectrum from a true to a lower energy that occurs in liquid scintillation counting of beta emissions; caused by interfering materials in the counting solution, including foreign chemicals.
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