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prequench

prequench adjective: before quenching (rapid cooling).

Adjective

prequench (not comparable)

  1. Before quenching (rapid cooling).
    • It features the crossover from a prequench to a prethermal state, finally evolving towards a thermal state on increasing length and time scales.2015, Michael Buchhold, Markus Heyl, Sebastian Diehl, “Prethermalization and Thermalization of a Quenched Interacting Luttinger Liquid”, in arXiv

Origin of prequench

From pre- + quench.

Questions about prequench

What does prequench mean?
Prequench means before quenching (rapid cooling).
What part of speech is prequench?
Prequench is an adjective.

Words near prequench in the dictionary

  1. prequelize
  2. prequelized
  3. prequelizes
  4. prequelizing
  5. prequels
  6. prequench
  7. prequential
  8. prequestionnaire
  9. prequestionnaires
  10. prequeuosine
  11. prerace

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