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autoignite

verb

Etymology

From auto- + ignite.

  1. derived from *h₁n̥gʷnis✻
  2. derived from ignis
  3. borrowed from ignītus
  4. prefixed as autoignite — “auto + ignite”

Definitions

  1. To ignite spontaneously.

    • 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.

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