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  • 101Quenching — Quench Quench, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quenched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quenching}.] [OE. quenchen, AS. cwencan in [=a]cwencan, to extinguish utterly, causative of cwincan, [=a]cwincan, to decrease, disappear; cf. AS. cw[=i]nan, [=a]cw[=i]nan, to waste… …

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  • 102Quenchless — Quench less, a. Incapable of being quenched; inextinguishable; as, quenchless fire or fury. Once kindled, quenchless evermore. Byron. [1913 Webster] Syn: Inextinguishable; unquenchable. [1913 Webster] {Quench less*ly}, adv. {Quench less*ness}, n …

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  • 103Quenchlessly — Quenchless Quench less, a. Incapable of being quenched; inextinguishable; as, quenchless fire or fury. Once kindled, quenchless evermore. Byron. [1913 Webster] Syn: Inextinguishable; unquenchable. [1913 Webster] {Quench less*ly}, adv. {Quench… …

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  • 104Quenchlessness — Quenchless Quench less, a. Incapable of being quenched; inextinguishable; as, quenchless fire or fury. Once kindled, quenchless evermore. Byron. [1913 Webster] Syn: Inextinguishable; unquenchable. [1913 Webster] {Quench less*ly}, adv. {Quench… …

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  • 105Syrtes — Syrtis Syr tis, n.; pl. {Syrtes}. [See {Syrt}.] A quicksand. [1913 Webster] Quenched in a boggy syrtis, neither sea Nor good dry land. Milton. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 106Syrtis — Syr tis, n.; pl. {Syrtes}. [See {Syrt}.] A quicksand. [1913 Webster] Quenched in a boggy syrtis, neither sea Nor good dry land. Milton. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 107martensite — noun Etymology: Adolf Martens died 1914 German metallurgist Date: 1898 the hard constituent that is the chief component of quenched steel • martensitic adjective • martensitically adverb …

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  • 108Combustion — This article is about the process of burning. For combustion without external ignition, see spontaneous combustion. For the engine used in mobile propulsion, see internal combustion engine. For the visible part of a fire, see flame. Burning… …

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  • 109Cement — In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance which sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The name cement goes back to the Romans who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry… …

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  • 110Cryogenics — For cryopreservation/resuscitation, see Cryonics. For the band, see Cryogenic (band). In physics, cryogenics is the study of the production of very low temperature (below −150 °C, −238 °F or 123 K) and the behavior of materials at those… …

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