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quadrature Tweet Definition of quadrature Like Definition of quadrature on Facebook
noun 
  1. the process of making something square; squaring
  2. (mathematics) the process of constructing a square having the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area
  3. (astronomy) a situation in which three celestial bodies form a right-angled triangle
  4. (physics) the condition in which the phase angle between two alternating quantities is 90°
     
quench Tweet Definition of quench Like Definition of quench on Facebook
verb (quench, es)
  1. To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.
The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.
  1. To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light.)
Then the MacManus? went down. The sudden of the white light was how I knew it. -- Saul Bellow
  1. To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter.
     
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