What's the difference between quench and satisfy?

Quench


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc.
  • (v. t.) To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering.
  • (v. i.) To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The extreme quenching of the dioxetane chemiluminescence by both microsomes and phosphatidylcholine, as a model phospholipid, implies that despite the low quantum yield (approx.
  • (2) The drug is extracted from serum or urine with ethyl acetate, separated by TLC, and determined by fluorescence quenching densitometry.
  • (3) Formation of a complex between alpha-tocopherol or its analogues in the excited state and fatty acids or their hydroperoxides has been suggested basing on the fluorescence quenching experimental data.
  • (4) Quenching of intrinsic fluorescence of (Ca2+-Mg2+)-ATPase by acrylamide, performed in the presence of Ca2+, gave evidence for a single class of tryptophan residues with Stern-Volmer constant (KSV) of 10 M-1.
  • (5) The 23Na double-quantum signal was quenched in both the extracellular and the intracellular compartments with increasing concentration of Li in each compartment, along with an increase in the 23Na T1 both intra- and extracellularly.
  • (6) Binding increases the fluorescence intensity of Tyr-49 by 130% while the fluorescence of the hormone tyrosine is almost completely quenched.
  • (7) Addition of 2,6-dimethylbenzoquinone caused quenching of these absorbance changes.
  • (8) These observations lead to the hypothesis that acidosis quenches fluorescence in distal skin flaps.
  • (9) The degree of quenching was accurately predicted by a simple relation derived in this paper, as well as a more complex equation previously developed by Tweet, et al.
  • (10) Subtilin may slightly enter the hydrophobic core as suggested by tryptophan fluorescence quenching and liposome fusion experiments.
  • (11) Greater than 99% of the polymerization reaction products were quenched by the addition of 2.0 mM ascorbate.
  • (12) Acoustic probe-based assays can enhance assay and laboratory efficiency through testing for multiple analytes in a single sample or increasing available binding surface area (by using probe and well surfaces simultaneously), and by eliminating quenching.
  • (13) The second-order rate constants appear to be at least 3 orders of magnitude lower than the second-order constants for quenching of the fluorescent probes; this is taken as a clear indication that ubiquinone diffusion is not the rate-determining step in the quinone-enzyme interaction.
  • (14) Accessibility to iodide was much lower, as was the rate of quenching by iodide, adding support to the conclusions from acrylamide quenching.
  • (15) An ATP-dependent, N-ethylmaleimide-inhibitable, 3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide-reversible, and chloride-attenuated quench of bis(1,3-dibutylbarbituric acid-(5] pentamethinoxonol fluorescence was seen, consistent with net transfer of positive charge into the vesicles.
  • (16) Quenching data indicated that five out of 22 tryptophans in CBH are surface-localized and are available for quenching with both KI and acrylamide, and three other tryptophans are buried and are available only to acrylamide.
  • (17) Acid quenching of a stiochiometric reaction between Ac(= S)CoA and citrate synthase following the transient quantitatively regenerates Ac(= S)CoA, indicating carbon-carbon bond formation had not yet occurred.
  • (18) The pulsed laser photolysis products of the charge-transfer quenching reaction were examined.
  • (19) The highest yield of amino acids with the quench reaction was 9 x 10-7 molecules per erg of input energy.
  • (20) Tris-washed chloroplast enriched in the photosystem II reaction center species Z+Q- and ZQ- are nearly four times more sensitive to nitrobenzene quenching than those enriched in Z+Q.

Satisfy


Definition:

  • (a.) In general, to fill up the measure of a want of (a person or a thing); hence, to grafity fully the desire of; to make content; to supply to the full, or so far as to give contentment with what is wished for.
  • (a.) To pay to the extent of claims or deserts; to give what is due to; as, to satisfy a creditor.
  • (a.) To answer or discharge, as a claim, debt, legal demand, or the like; to give compensation for; to pay off; to requite; as, to satisfy a claim or an execution.
  • (a.) To free from doubt, suspense, or uncertainty; to give assurance to; to set at rest the mind of; to convince; as, to satisfy one's self by inquiry.
  • (v. i.) To give satisfaction; to afford gratification; to leave nothing to be desired.
  • (v. i.) To make payment or atonement; to atone.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Matthias Müller, VW’s chief executive, said: “In light of the wide range of challenges we are currently facing, we are satisfied overall with the start we have made to what will undoubtedly be a demanding fiscal year 2016.
  • (2) Follow-up for half of the cases operated extended up to 2 years, the longest being up to 5 years, showed that 96% of the patients were satisfied.
  • (3) The ophthalmic headache's crisis is caused, in fact, by a spasm of convergence on an unknown exophory of which the amplitude of fusion is satisfying, and the presence of which can only be seen with test under screen.
  • (4) It is suggested that children may learn enough to satisfy their parents' expectations by this age or grade.
  • (5) There are questions with regard to the interpretation of some of the newer content scales of the MMPI-2, whereas most clinicians feel comfortably familiar, even if not entirely satisfied, with the Wiggins Content Scales of the MMPI.
  • (6) Most respondents (46, 95%) were satisfied with life in general.
  • (7) Although 95% of the patients are satisfied, 60% have some impairment of sensation in the lower lip.
  • (8) "It is very satisfying work," says the 28-year-old, who earns a net monthly salary of 23,000 kwatcha ($80), probably one of the highest incomes in the village.
  • (9) Twenty-two of them could be shown to satisfy the Poisson law.
  • (10) I could just banish the app from my phone forever, but deleting a piece of smart tech that makes my life easier doesn’t feel very satisfying.
  • (11) Epidemiological criteria for a causal association between snoring and vascular disease have not been satisfied.
  • (12) All are satisfied by [Formula: see text], where N is the size of rod signal, constant for threshold; theta, theta(D) are steady backgrounds of light and receptor noise; varphi is the threshold flash with sigma a constant of about 2.5 log td sec; B the fraction of pigment in the bleached state.
  • (13) Whereas on the Self-Cathexis Scale, 45% (N = 9) were satisfied and 55% (N = 11) were dissatisfied with self.
  • (14) Response latency has been shown to satisfy the first two of these conditions.
  • (15) He was also satisfied he had joined in racist chanting.
  • (16) If you can't give them everything at once, you may be able to satisfy at least some of the items on their wish list.
  • (17) Thus, despite the apparently higher level of pyruvate production in the NPC, exogenous pyruvate is necessary to satisfy the metabolic needs of NPC.
  • (18) Pain relief was very good, and the patients were generally satisfied.
  • (19) A method was developed for the preparation of a standard source to satisfy the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission requirement for calibration of wipe-assay procedures used in nuclear medicine laboratories.
  • (20) The most important basis for evaluating an assistive device is whether it satisfies the needs of the disabled consumer.