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    spark ignition internal combustion engine, ignition timing is the timing, relative to the current piston position and crankshaft angle, of the release...
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    An ignition coil is used in the ignition system of a spark-ignition engine to transform the battery voltage to the much higher voltages required to operate...
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    combustion engine (such as petrol engines), the ignition system creates a spark to ignite the fuel-air mixture just before each combustion stroke. Gas turbine...
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    The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of...
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  • in the cylinder ignites before the spark plug fires. Pre-ignition is initiated by an ignition source other than the spark, such as hot spots in the combustion...
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    Capacitor discharge ignition (CDI) or thyristor ignition is a type of automotive electronic ignition system which is widely used in outboard motors, motorcycles...
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    Spark plug (category Ignition systems)
    produce a spark which ignites the air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber. As part of the engine's ignition system, the spark plug receives high-voltage...
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  • Ignition is the second studio album by American punk rock band the Offspring, released on October 16, 1992, by Epitaph Records. Issued during the alternative...
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    off the gas flow long before the ignition temperature of the gas mixture is reached. and a pressure-sensitive gas cut-off valve (PV), which stops the gas...
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    ignition interlock device or breath alcohol ignition interlock device (IID or BAIID) is a breathalyzer for an individual's vehicle. It requires the driver...
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  • Fusion ignition is the point at which a nuclear fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining. This occurs when the energy being given off by the reaction heats...
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  • "Ignition (Remix)" is a song written and produced by American R&B singer R. Kelly. It was released in 2002 as the lead single from his sixth studio album...
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    Dual Ignition is a system for spark-ignition engines, whereby critical ignition components, such as spark plugs and magnetos, are duplicated. Dual ignition...
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    combustion could be trapped for analysis. The burning glass was a useful contrivance in the days before electrical ignition was easily achieved. Burning glass...
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  • Dead Space Ignition is a 2010 action puzzle video game co-developed by Visceral Games and Sumo Digital. It was published by Electronic Arts for Xbox 360...
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    Loss on ignition (LOI) is a test used in inorganic analytical chemistry and soil science, particularly in the analysis of minerals and the chemical makeup...
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  • spark-ignition internal combustion engines, knocking (also knock, detonation, spark knock, pinging or pinking) occurs when combustion of some of the air/fuel...
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    The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is a laser-based inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research device, located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory...
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  • The Delco ignition system, also known as the Kettering ignition system, points and condenser ignition or breaker point ignition, is a type of inductive...
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    Contact breaker (category Automotive ignition systems)
    found in the ignition systems of spark-ignition internal combustion engines. The switch is automatically operated by a cam driven by the engine. The timing...
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    The red-giant branch (RGB), sometimes called the first giant branch, is the portion of the giant branch before helium ignition occurs in the course of...
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    Soyuz (spacecraft) (category Supply vehicles for the International Space Station)
    before the ignition of the return engine until the late 1980s. This guaranteed that the descent module and orbital module would be separated before the...
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    The General Motors ignition switch recalls refers to February 6, 2014 when General Motors recalled about 800,000 of its small cars due to faulty ignition...
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    also locked the gear stick (rather than the steering wheel). This arrangement required drivers to select reverse gear before the ignition key could be...
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  • The Ignition Factor, known in Japan as Fire Fighting (ファイヤー・ファイティング), is a video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System published by Jaleco...
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  • Africa in 1986. Ignition went on to manage Cambridge band The Bible, before expanding to take on Johnny Marr, The The and Electronic as the 90's approached...
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  • Ignition (HCCI) is a form of internal combustion in which well-mixed fuel and oxidizer (typically air) are compressed to the point of auto-ignition....
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  • body without an apparent external source of ignition. In addition to reported cases, descriptions of the alleged phenomenon appear in literature, and...
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    Internal combustion engine (category Pages using sidebar with the child parameter)
    auto-ignition. This is caused when the cylinder temperature nears the flash point of the charge. At this point, ignition can spontaneously occur before the...
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  • that the fuel reached the red-hot area of the tube, ignition occurred. On early designs, ignition timing was adjusted by adjusting the position of the red-hot...
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