ignition spark

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• Ignition timing — in an internal combustion engine is the process of setting the time that a spark will occur in the combustion chamber (during the power stroke) relative to piston position and crankshaft angular velocity. Setting the correct ignition timing is… …   Wikipedia

• Ignition system — For other uses, see Ignition system (disambiguation). An ignition system is a system for igniting a fuel air mixture. Ignition systems are well known in the field of internal combustion engines such as those used in petrol (gasoline) engines used …   Wikipedia

• ignition — A process which initiates the combustion of the compressed air/fuel mixture in the combustion chamber. In a spark ignition engine, the mixture is ignited by an electric spark; in a diesel engine, the self igniting mixture must be preheated by… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• ignition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. firing, kindling; combustion. See heat. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Igniting] Syn. combustion, bursting into flame, kindling; see fire 1 . 2. [A system for igniting] Syn. timing system, timer, distributor …   English dictionary for students

• ignition advance — The extent to which the ignition spark is made to occur earlier. The opposite is ignition retard. Also see ignition timing …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• ignition timing — The timing of the ignition spark with respect to the piston position in the cylinder of a reciprocating engine. The ignition of the fuel air mixture must take place when the piston is still moving upward during the compression stroke for the… …   Aviation dictionary

• Spark plug — In internal combustion engines with electric ignition, a plug, screwed into the cylinder head, connected with the induction coil or magneto circuit on the outside, and used to produce a spark to ignite the fuel air mixture in the engine. [Webster …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• spark coil — spark′ coil n. elm aum a coil of insulated wire on an iron core, used for producing a spark in an automotive ignition system • Etymology: 1895–1900 …   From formal English to slang

• spark gap — spark′ gap n. 1) elm a space between two electrodes, across which a discharge of electricity may take place 2) elm the electrodes and the space between, considered as a unit: used in ignition systems …   From formal English to slang

• Spark plug — A spark plug (also, very rarely nowadays, in British English: a sparking plug) is an electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of some internal combustion engines and ignites compressed aerosol gasoline by means of an electric spark.… …   Wikipedia

• Ignition coil — Bosch ignition coil. Dual ignition coils (blue cylinders, top of picture) on a …   Wikipedia