premature detonation

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• detonation — detonative, adj. /det n ay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of detonating. 2. an explosion. 3. Mach. the premature spontaneous burning of a fuel air mixture in an internal combustion engine due to the high temperature of air compressed in a cylinder. [1670 …   Universalium

• detonation — n. 1 a the act or process of detonating. b a loud explosion. 2 the premature combustion of fuel in an internal combustion engine, causing it to pink. Etymology: F deacutetonation f. deacutetoner (as DETONATE) …   Useful english dictionary

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