QUENCH

quench

Noun

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

Verb

  1. To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.
    The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.
  2. To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light.)
    Then the MacManus went down. The sudden quench of the white light was how I knew it. -- Saul Bellow
  3. To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
    The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter.


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