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Definition of Ignition system
1. Noun. The mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine.
Terms within: Distributer, Distributor, Electrical Distributor, Ignition Coil, Ignition Switch, Magneto, Magnetoelectric Machine, Spark Coil, Spark Gap, Plug, Spark Plug, Sparking Plug
Group relationships: Electrical System
Generic synonyms: Mechanism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ignition System
Literary usage of Ignition system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"An example of a "double" ignition system using a battery, high tension coil, ...
The late 1919 Fierce-Arrow uses a Delco battery and coll ignition system, ..."
2. The Gasoline Automobile by George William Hobbs (1915)
"The Westinghouse ignition system.—There are several ignition systems ... In some,
the generator simply keeps the battery charged and the ignition system is ..."
3. Automobile Ignition, Starting, and Lighting: A Comprehensive Analysis of the by Charles Brian Hayward (1918)
"Hydraulic Analogy in an ignition system. A comparison of the workings of an ignition
... It must first be borne in mind that a high-tension ignition system ..."
4. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1909)
"... Jump-Spark ignition system. ID tills, the current from the battery e flows
through the circuit a 6, which Is positively broken at suitable Intervals by ..."
5. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1910)
"Mechanical-Break Jump-Spark ignition System. in this, the current from the hattery
e flows through the circuit a 6, which Is positive.; ..."
6. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1911)
"15225 A. Bosch Dual ignition system Explained. Ills. tooo w. ... Explains how a
satisfactory ignition system may be provided without a magneto. 1700 w. ..."
7. The Gas-engine: A Treatise on the Internal-combustion Engine Using Gas by Frederick Remsen Hutton (1903)
"... cylinder metal may itself become hot enough to ignite the charges for a while,
even when the regular ignition system is out of action. ..."
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