ignition.
The act of igniting.
Meaning & usage
The act of igniting.
The initiation of combustion.
A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.
Receptacle for a key used to start the engine in a vehicle.
Put the key in the ignition and turn in right.
The phenomenon of a thermonuclear fusion reaction becoming self-sustaining and no longer requiring external heating.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁engʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís Proto-Italic *engʷnis Latin ignis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin ignio Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ignītiōlbor. English ignition Learned borrowing from Latin ignītiō. By surface analysis, ignite + -ion.
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