Etymology

From auto- +‎ igniteCategory:English terms prefixed with auto-#IGNITE.

Verb

autoignite (third-person singular simple present autoignites, present participle autoigniting, simple past and past participle autoignited)Category:English lemmas#AUTOIGNITECategory:English verbs#AUTOIGNITECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#AUTOIGNITECategory:Pages with entries#AUTOIGNITECategory:Pages with 1 entry#AUTOIGNITE

1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#AUTOIGNITE) To ignite spontaneously.
   • 2015, David Crolla, Encyclopedia of Automotive Engineering‎:

     Ideally, for GCI a premixed charge of gasoline and air is inducted into an engine with a sufficiently high compression ratio to allow the entire cylinder contents to autoignite in rapid succession.

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