ignition

English

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Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭgnĭ'shən, IPA: /ɪgˈnɪʃən/, X-SAMPA: /Ig"nIS@n/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

ignition (plural ignitions)

1. The act of igniting.
2. The initiation of combustion.
3. A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.

Derived terms

• ignition temperature

Translations

the act of igniting

• Finnish: sytyttäminen (fi), sytytys (fi)
• French: ignition (fr) f
• Greek: ανάφλεξη (el) (anáfleksi) f
• Latin: ignitio (la) f

• Polish: zapłon (pl) m
• Portuguese: ignição (pt) f
• Russian: зажигание (ru) (zažiganije) n

initiation of combustion

• Czech: vzplanutí (cs) n
• Finnish: sytyttäminen (fi) (act), syttyminen (fi) (instance)
• Greek: ανάφλεξη (el) (anáfleksi) f
• Hungarian: gyújtás (hu)

• Latin: ignitio (la) f
• Polish: zapłon (pl) m
• Portuguese: ignição (pt) f

system for activating combustion in an engine

• Czech: zapalování (cs) n
• Finnish: sytytys (fi)
• French: allumage (fr) m
• Greek: ανάφλεξη (el) (anáfleksi) f
• Polish: zapłon (pl) m

• Portuguese: partida (pt) f, ignição (pt) f
• Russian: зажигание (ru) (zažiganije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: adhnaidh (gd) m
• Spanish: encendido (es) m

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• German: Zündung f