单词 | quenched |
释义 | quenchedadj. That has been quenched, in various senses; spec. †(a) (of lime) slaked (obsolete); (b) (of a heated object) cooled rapidly in cold water, oil, etc. Occasionally with out. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > measurement of ionizing radiation > [adjective] > having discharge restricted quencheda1382 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > annihilating > completely destroyed or annihilated quencheda1382 annihilatec1400 extincta1513 unfabricate1630 unbeened1642 non-ented1643 annihilated1647 self-annihilated1677 annihiled1691 defaced1776 exterminated1813 dis-created1879 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [adjective] > unilluminated or unilluminating > extinguished darkOE extinct?a1475 extinguished1552 extincteda1616 quenched1825 the world > matter > physics > solid state physics > superconductivity > [adjective] > not in superconducting state normal1927 quenched1946 Peierls1969 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > processes > [adjective] > stabilized quenched1946 phase-locked1959 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. ii. 3 For quenchyd ashen [a1425 L.V. aische] shal ben oure bodi. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Dan. ii. 35 The..syluer and gold ben broken to gidre and dryuen as in to a qwenchid brond of somer feeld, whiche ben rauyshid with wynd, and no place is foundun in hem. ?c1450 in G. Müller Aus Mittelengl. Medizintexten (1929) 73 (MED) Take myrre and..lupynes and qwenchyd lyþin [perh. read lyym], [etc.]. 1574 G. Baker tr. Composition Oleum Magistrale f. 16v Arsenicum..beeing mingled with Tetrapharmacum is profitable. [Margin] Quenched Lime. 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Medea (new ed.) v, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 138 Now rancorus griefe, with firy fits begins to boyle agayne, The quenched coales of deadly hate do fressher force attayne. 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xliii. 437 Francis Pizarre..rekindled the halfe quenched fire of war by his own ambition. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 25 Amidst these toils succeeds the balmy night, Now hissing waters the quench'd guns restore. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. 235 I can write no more of this eloquent nonsense myself; which rather shews a raised, than a quenched, imagination. 1797 W. Johnston tr. J. Beckmann Hist. Inventions & Discov. 190 Carbunculus, a name given to..the black marble on account of its likeness to a quenched coal or cinder. 1814 Ld. Byron Lara i. xxix. 637 Quench'd existence crouches in a grave. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 412 He could not bear the look of the quenched eyes. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. vi. 167 To relume the quenched flax. 1881 O. Wilde Poems 211 The quenched-out torch, the lonely cypress-gloom. 1914 H. Brearley Case-hardening of Steel vi. 72 The surface of the air-hardened steel is less hard than that of water or oil quenched steel. 1946 Nature 31 Aug. 308/1 The amounts of ferrite, martensite and retained austenite obtained in the quenched specimen are independent of the quenching-rate. 1958 A. D. Merriman Dict. Metall. 3/1 Quenched steel..is an aggregate of three phases: solid solution of carbon in gamma-iron, alpha-iron and iron carbide. 1989 A. C. Davies Sci. & Pract. Welding (ed. 9) I. ii. 97 Martensite and bainite are often found together in quenched steels. Compounds quenched gap n. (now historical) a spark gap, esp. in a radio transmitter, designed so that the spark is extinguished mechanically soon after it begins. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radio set > spark or gap quenched spark1910 quenched gap1914 1914 Washington Post 22 Nov. 5/3 The signal corps of the district is using both the rotary and the quenched gap outfits. 1927 O. F. Brown Elem. Radio Communication iv. 53 The two methods most frequently employed for quenching are either the use of a rotating spark gap or a specially designed spark gap known as the ‘quenched gap’. 2001 Sea Breezes 75 326/1 The hiss of the radio frequency energy in the quenched gap, blue sparks and the smell of ozone. This was the type of transmitter which had gone to sea on the Titanic. quenched spark n. (now chiefly historical) a spark in a radio transmitter that is extinguished mechanically soon after it begins. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [noun] > radio set > spark or gap quenched spark1910 quenched gap1914 1910 G. W. Pierce Princ. Wireless Telegr. xxiii. 269 The quenched spark is..economical in transmitting energy, and is favorable to sharp tuning. 1962 J. H. Reyner & P. J. Reyner Radio Communication vii. 294 Owing to the rapid cooling a very high spark frequency may be used, and quenched spark sets operated with a spark frequency of 1,500 per second or more. 1971 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Amer. 28 Mar. 3/5 My first ship had a quenched spark transmitter and a 10 kw arc for long wave. 1995 Nucl. Instruments & Methods in Physics Res. A. 360 520/2 A quenched spark (streamer) mode suggests itself for the high freon concentration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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