compression ignition

noun

  1. ignition of engine fuel by the heat of air compressed in the cylinders into which the fuel is introduced.

Origin of compression ignition

1
First recorded in 1925–30

Other words from compression ignition

  • com·pres·sion-ig·ni·tion, adjective

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