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To extinguish or out (as a fire or light).
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To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
To terminate or greatly diminish (non-gloss) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
To rapidly change the parameters of a system.
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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.
(quote-web) case you might find yourself with a lot of high-quality scrap metal.
The act of quenching something; the fact of being quenched.
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The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.
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A rapid change of the parameters of a system.