Meaning of quench in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• 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.

verb

• To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.

  Example: The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.

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

• To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.

  Example: The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter.

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

• To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.