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selfquenching

selfquenching noun: the quenching of an excited atom (etc) by interaction with another of the same type of atom in the ground state.

Noun

selfquenching (uncountable)

  1. The quenching of an excited atom (etc) by interaction with another of the same type of atom in the ground state

Forms of selfquenching

alternative formself-quenching

Origin of selfquenching

From self- + quenching.

Questions about selfquenching

What does selfquenching mean?
Selfquenching means the quenching of an excited atom (etc) by interaction with another of the same type of atom in the ground state.
What part of speech is selfquenching?
Selfquenching is a noun.

Words near selfquenching in the dictionary

  1. selfplagiarism
  2. selfpub
  3. selfpubbed
  4. selfpubbing
  5. selfpubs
  6. selfquenching
  7. selfreported
  8. Selfridge
  9. Selfridges
  10. selfs
  11. selfsabotage

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