quenching

[ UK /kwˈɛnt‍ʃɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈkwɛntʃɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
    the extinction of the lights
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How To Use quenching In A Sentence

  • With the sea flowing around it and finally quenching its flames, the simple cairn takes on a metaphorical significance linking mankind to the elemental with a real sense of pathos and mutability.
  • If the amines were acting as the hydrogen bond acceptors, the bimolecular quenching constants would be expected to increase with basicity of the amines, i.e. for amines with lower pK b values.
  • To prevent steam bubbles forming soft spots, a water quenching bath should be agitated.
  • The complete quenching also suggests that lipids in the membrane are not arranged in aggregated or globular constructs that may prevent CO 2 + access.
  • The ability of steel to form martensite on quenching is referred to as the hardenability.
  • It's not that different in theory from "quenching" metal after it's been tempered / hardened. Mandolin Cafe News
  • He continued his search in activities such as reading, smiling, working, planning, and still he "throbbed" and "aspired" for that all-quenching something-else that seemed to elude him. Archive 2009-07-01
  • Eliminating electrostatic method is to increase the humidity or use static quenching agent.
  • The fluorescence methods include quenching, pyrene excimer formation, and RET.
  • Subsequently, our lab used the pulse/chase method to study hexokinase in the steady state by comparing the 14C-G6P formed in an acid quench with that formed in a high substrate chase with time of quenching, Irwin Rose - Autobiography
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