ignition
The act of ignitingThe act of igniting.
» Tom put the key in the ignition.
Том вставил ключ в замок зажигания.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of igniting.
Zündung
зажига́ниеzažigánije
the act of setting something on fire
(countable, uncountable)The initiation of combustion.
Zündung
the process of initiating combustion or catching fire
(countable, uncountable)A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.
Zündung
зажига́ниеzažigánije
the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine
(countable, uncountable)Receptacle for a key used to start the engine in a vehicle.
Put the key in the ignition and turn in right.
Zündung
(countable, uncountable)The phenomenon of a thermonuclear fusion reaction becoming self-sustaining and no longer requiring external heating.
Examples
29 sentencesTom put the key in the ignition.
ruТом вставил ключ в замок зажигания.
Tom left his keys in the ignition.
ruТом оставил ключи в замке зажигания.
Tom left the key in the ignition.
I left the keys in the ignition.
ruЯ оставил ключи в замке зажигания.
I pulled the key out of the ignition.
ruЯ достал ключ из замка зажигания.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin ignītiō. By surface analysis, ignite + -ion.Learned borrowing from Latin ignītiō. By surface analysis, ignite + -ion.
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Forms
plural: ignitionsSynonyms
5 synonyms- the act of setting something on fire:firinglightingkindlinginflammation
- the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine:ignition system
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable