Autoignite

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To ignite spontaneously. intransitive

    "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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"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."

Etymology

From auto- + ignite.

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