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Definition of Ignitor
1. Noun. A substance used to ignite or kindle a fire.
Specialized synonyms: Firelighter, Kindling, Punk, Spunk, Tinder, Touchwood, Punk
Generic synonyms: Fuel
Derivative terms: Ignite, Ignite, Light
2. Noun. A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires. "Do you have a light?"
Specialized synonyms: Cigar Lighter, Cigarette Lighter, Pocket Lighter, Fuse, Fusee, Fuze, Fuzee, Primer, Priming, Friction Match, Lucifer, Match, Match
Generic synonyms: Device
Derivative terms: Ignite, Ignite, Light, Light, Light
Definition of Ignitor
1. n. One who, or that which, produces ignition; especially, a contrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the like.
Definition of Ignitor
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of igniter) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ignitor
1. igniter [n -S] - See also: igniter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ignitor
Literary usage of Ignitor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Internal Combustion Engines and Tractors: Their Development, Design by Oliver Brunner Zimmerman, International Harvester Corporation (1918)
"Magneto and Igniter Mechanism Top ol magneto lever. ~__^ ignitor connection
end.._ 4 ignitor connection lock nut..___ // Have ignitor connection to A" here ..."
2. Automobile Engineering: A General Reference Work by American Technical Society (1920)
"35 are given two views of an ignitor, the view at the left showing the tripping
... Tripping Mechanism of Low-Tension ignitor, Electrodes in Contact before ..."
3. The Anatomy of the Automobile by Andrew Lee Dyke (1908)
"If the spring is strong and stiff the ignitor is all right. If engine still
continues to miss fire or explode irregularly, then open the small valve on the ..."
4. Manual by American Railway Engineering Association (1921)
"7- (Q.) What is the difference between an ignitor and a spark plug? (A.) The spark
is formed on an ignitor by breaking the contact between contact points of ..."
5. Automobile Engineering: A General Reference Work by American Technical Society (1921)
"A. Either some part of the ignitor tripping mechanism has failed, ... Check up
the timing of the ignitor mechanism in accordance with the maker's ..."
6. The Horseless Age (1904)
"Quite similar to the last mentioned plug is the "Climax" ignitor, ... The Climax
ignitor is sealed by the manufacturers and is claimed to require no oiling ..."
7. The Modern Gas Tractor, Its Construction, Utility, Operation and Repair: A by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1917)
"The device is so arranged that when a spark is desired between the ignitor points,
the inductor is given a quick movement which produces a flow of magnetic ..."
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