"quenching" meaning in English

See quenching in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkwɛn.t͡ʃɪŋ/ [Canada, UK, US], /ˈkwen.t͡ʃɪŋ/ [General-Australian] Forms: quenchings [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English quenchinge, equivalent to quench + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|quenchinge}} Middle English quenchinge, {{suf|en|quench|ing|id2=gerund noun}} quench + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} quenching (countable and uncountable, plural quenchings)
  1. (physics) The extinction of any of several physical properties. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics
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  2. (metallurgy) The rapid cooling of a hot metal object, by placing it in a liquid, in order to harden it. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Metallurgy Translations (rapid cooling of hot metal object): harden (note: formed by nominalization of the verb) (Dutch), schrikken (Dutch), afschrikken (Dutch), karkaisu (Finnish), tempra [feminine] (Italian), 焼入れ (Japanese), hartowanie (Polish), templado (Spanish)
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  3. (astronomy) A process in which a galaxy loses cold gas, thus strongly suppressing star formation. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy
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  4. (botany) The dissipation of energy from light in excess of what can be used for photosynthesis. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dequenching, quenching frequency, quenching oil, quenching stress, selfquenching, superquenching
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈkwɛn.t͡ʃɪŋ/ [Canada, UK, US], /ˈkwen.t͡ʃɪŋ/ [General-Australian]
Etymology: From Middle English quenching, quenchyng, quenchand, quenchende, equivalent to quench + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|quenching}} Middle English quenching, {{suf|en|quench|-ing|id2=participial}} quench + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} quenching
  1. present participle and gerund of quench Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: quench Derived forms: thirst-quenching, quenchingly
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Etymology number: 2

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