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autoignited

autoignited is the simple past and past participle of autoignite.

Meaning of autoignite

Verb

autoignite (third-person singular simple present autoignites, present participle autoigniting, simple past and past participle autoignited)

  1. (intransitive) To ignite spontaneously.
    • 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.2015, David Crolla, Encyclopedia of Automotive Engineering

Questions about autoignited

What is autoignited the simple past and past participle of?
Autoignited is the simple past and past participle of autoignite.

Words near autoignited in the dictionary

  1. autohyponymy
  2. autoicon
  3. autoicons
  4. autoicous
  5. autoignite
  6. autoignited
  7. autoignites
  8. autoigniting
  9. autoignition
  10. autoignition temperature
  11. autoignition temperatures

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