Word of the Day:
ignition
What It Means
The act of igniting.
The initiation of combustion.
A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.
Put the key in the ignition and turn in right.
Did You Know?
Learned borrowing from Latin ignītiō. By surface analysis, ignite + -ion.
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