autoignite

English

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(intransitive) To ignite spontaneously.
- 2015, David Crolla, Encyclopedia of Automotive Engineering
  Ideally, for GCI a premixed charge of gasoline and air is inducted into an engine with a sufficiently high compression ratio to allow the entire cylinder contents to autoignite in rapid succession.