Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of igniting something.
- noun An electrical system, typically powered by a battery or magneto, that provides the spark to ignite the fuel mixture in an internal-combustion engine.
- noun A switch that activates this system.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In internal-combustion motors, the setting fire to the mixture of air and hydrocarbon vapor in the cylinder, so that the air shall expand and increase its pressure and perform the work required.
- noun The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire.
- noun Means of igniting; provision for firing.
- noun The state of being ignited; a burning.
- noun In chem., the process of roasting or intensely heating a substance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire.
- noun The state of being ignited or kindled.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
igniting . - noun The
initiation ofcombustion . - noun A
system foractivating combustion in a combustionengine .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the process of initiating combustion or catching fire
- noun the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine
- noun the act of setting something on fire
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Examples
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So, perfect deduction of the environmental disaster now in ignition may be impossible.
Environmentalist Forecasting Model, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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The Grandcamp explosion destroyed the Monsanto Chemical Company plant and resulted in ignition of refineries and chemical tanks on the waterfront.
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They don't seem to make em with anything but plastic stocks, but I think the electric spark ignition is such a great idea, I'd love to try it out.
muzzleloaders 2010
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They don't seem to make em with anything but plastic stocks, but I think the electric spark ignition is such a great idea, I'd love to try it out.
muzzleloaders 2010
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As I noted in an earlier post, a keyed ignition is far more effective at turning off a runaway engine than a new high-tech keyless engine, not to mention safer.
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Examples of prolonged human combustion are, admittedly, rare but this should not be taken as evidence that an unusual source of ignition is involved.
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Examples of prolonged human combustion are, admittedly, rare but this should not be taken as evidence that an unusual source of ignition is involved.
The Sudden Curve: 2005
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Examples of prolonged human combustion are, admittedly, rare but this should not be taken as evidence that an unusual source of ignition is involved.
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Moreover, many fire scientists dismiss "ignition" -- whether natural, accidental, or deliberate -- as a relatively trivial factor in their equations.
Danny Schechter: The Twin Disasters: California Burning and Wall Street Churning 2008
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Livermore physicists have said they hope to reach "ignition" - generating as much fusion energy as is contained in the laser pulse - at a laser energy of 1.2 to 1.3 megajoules, well short of NIF's 1. 8-megajoule capacity.
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Scientists at the world’s largest nuclear-fusion facility have for the first time achieved the phenomenon known as ignition — creating a nuclear reaction that generates more energy than it consumes.
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Nuclear-fusion lab achieves ‘ignition’: what does it mean? Jeff Tollefson 2023
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Still, the experiment qualifies as ignition, a benchmark measure for fusion reactions that focuses on how much energy went into the target compared to how much energy was released.
Nuclear-fusion lab achieves ‘ignition’: what does it mean? Jeff Tollefson 2023
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