'Ignition' definitions:
Definition of 'ignition'
From: WordNet
noun
The process of initiating combustion or catching fire
noun
The mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine [syn: ignition, ignition system]
noun
Definition of 'Ignition'
From: GCIDE
- Ignition \Ig*ni"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ignition.]
- 1. The act of igniting, kindling, or setting on fire. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being ignited or kindled. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ignition'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- altitude peak,
- automatic control,
- backfire,
- balefire,
- beacon,
- beacon fire,
- blast-off,
- blaze,
- bonfire,
- burn,
- burning ghat,
- burnout,
- campfire,
- ceiling,
- cheerful fire,
- combustion,
- conflagration,
- corposant,
- cozy fire,
- crackling fire,
- crematory,
- death fire,
- descent,
- end of burning,
- fen fire,
- fire,
- firing,
- flame,
- flammation,
- flashing point,
- flicker,
- flickering flame,
- flight,
- forest fire,
- fox fire,
- funeral pyre,
- ignis fatuus,
- impact,
- inflammation,
- ingle,
- kindling,
- lambent flame,
- launch,
- lift-off,
- lighting,
- lighting up,
- marshfire,
- open fire,
- prairie fire,
- pyre,
- raging fire,
- rocket launching,
- sea of flames,
- sheet of fire,
- shoot,
- shot,
- signal beacon,
- smudge fire,
- three-alarm fire,
- trajectory,
- two-alarm fire,
- velocity peak,
- watch fire,
- wildfire,
- witch fire