autoignite

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ ignite

Verb

autoignite (third-person singular simple present autoignites, present participle autoigniting, simple past and past participle autoignited)

  1. (intransitive) To ignite spontaneously.
    • 2015, David Crolla, Encyclopedia of Automotive Engineering
      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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