Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ignition"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ignition \Ig*ni"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ignition.]
1. The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire.
2. The state of being ignited or kindled. --Sir T. Browne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ignition
n 1: the process of initiating combustion
2: the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an
internal-combustion engine [syn: {ignition system}]
3: the act of starting a fire [syn: {firing}, {lighting}, {kindling}]
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