 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ignition \Ig*ni"tion\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:
ignition
noun
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 setting on fire or catching fire [syn: {firing}, {lighting}, {kindling}, {inflammation}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "ignition": 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
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |