quench

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Verb

1. (transitive) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
2. (transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
3. (transitive) To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
4. (transitive) To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
5. (transitive) To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.
6. (transitive) 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.

Noun

1. The act of quenching something; the fact of being quenched.
2. The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.
3. A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system.

Konzepte

löschen

stillen

dämpfen

abschrecken

auslöschen

abkühlen

Wasser schütten

Durst löschen

härten

wässern

🚰

begießen

Synonyme

extinguish

put out

slake

stub

snuff out

quell

stifle

suppress

erase

allay

assuage

turn off

blow out

satisfy

douse

rub out

check

cool

🆒

dampen

switch off

squelch

suffocate

smother

repress

snuff

pacify

quenching

dowse

choke

dissimulate

dishearten

chill

discourage

diminish

die out

demoralise

burn out

appease

abatement

lessen

kill

🔪🩸👤

inhibiting

deject

inhibit

induration

mitigate

muffle

neutralization

obliterate

cut

Übersetzungen

éteindre

blussen

apagar

extinguir

extinguir

estinguere

söndürmek

doven

apagar

uitdoven

spegnere

temirandin

apagar

extingir

spengere

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/kwɛnt͡ʃ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: quenchen

Geerbt von Altenglisch: cwenċan

In summary

From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną.