Ignition may refer to:
Science and technology
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Firelighting
Fire making, fire lighting or fire craft is the process of artificially starting a fire. It requires completing the fire triangle, usually by heating tinder above its autoignition temperature.
Fire is an essential tool for human survival a ...
, the human act of creating a fire for warmth, cooking and other uses
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Combustion
Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke. Combust ...
, an exothermic chemical reaction between a fuel and an oxidant
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Fusion ignition, the point at which a nuclear fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining
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Ignition SCADA, software by Inductive Automation
Arts and entertainment
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''Ignition'' (video game), a top-down racing game for PC published in 1997
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''Ignition'' (2001 film), directed by Yves Simoneau
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Ignition Entertainment, a computer video games company founded in 2002
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Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants
John Drury Clark, Ph.D. (August 15, 1907 – July 6, 1988) was an American rocket fuel developer, chemist, and science fiction writer. He was instrumental in the revival of interest in Robert E. Howard's '' Conan'' stories and influenced the wri ...
'', (1972) by John Drury Clark
Music
Albums and EPs
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''Ignition'' (B1A4 album), 2012
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''Ignition'' (Darude album), 2001
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''Ignition'' (John Waite album), 1982
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''Ignition'' (Mark Boals album), 1998
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''Ignition'' (Nicky Romero album), 2014
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''Ignition'' (The Offspring album), 1992
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''Ignition'' (The Music Machine album)
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Ignition!
''Ignition!'' is a studio album by Brian Setzer released in 2001. Following fronting a swing orchestra in the 1990s, ''Ignition!'' marks Setzer's return to purist rockabilly fronting a trio, named the Brian Setzer '68 Comeback Special, in homage ...
'', album by Brian Setzer, 2001
* ''Ignition'', an album by American rapper
X-Raided, 2007
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''Ignition'' (EP), a 2012 EP by Unisonic
Songs
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Ignition (Remix)", a 2002 song by R. Kelly
* "Ignition", a song by Trivium from the album ''
The Crusade'', 2006
* "Ignition", a song by tobyMac from the album ''
Portable Sounds
''Portable Sounds'', stylized as (portable sounds), is the third full-length studio album from Christian pop rock and hip hop artist tobyMac. It was released on February 20, 2007, and debuted at No. 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album inc ...
'', 2007–08
* "Ignition", a 2013 song by Dutch DJ and producer
Nicky Romero
Nick Rotteveel (; born January 6, 1989), professionally known as Nicky Romero or Monocule, is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer from Amerongen, Utrecht Province. He has worked with, and received support from DJs, such as Tiësto, Fedde ...
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Vehicles
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Ignition system
An ignition system generates a spark or heats an electrode to a high temperature to ignite a fuel-air mixture in spark ignition internal combustion engines, oil-fired and gas-fired boilers, rocket engines, etc. The widest application for spark ig ...
, a method for activating and controlling the combustion of fuel in an internal combustion engine.
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Ignition switch, a switch in the control system of a motor vehicle that activates the main electrical systems for the vehicle, i
Other uses
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Ignition (event)
The following is a list of regional Burning Man events ordered alphabetically by geography. Not all of these events are affiliated with the Burning Man organization.
Africa South Africa
* AfrikaBurnofficial site
Initiated in 2006 by Paul Jorgen ...
, a Burning Man regional event held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Ignition (student training)
Ignition is a transition and mentorship program that is implemented in high schools across the United States. The program was developed and trademarked by Focus Training, a leadership development company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The goal of ...
, a transition and mentorship program that is implemented in high schools across the US
See also
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National Ignition Facility
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is a laser-based inertial confinement fusion (ICF) research device, located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, United States. NIF's mission is to achieve fusion ignition wi ...
, fusion research facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, US
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Ignition coil, an induction coil in an automobile's ignition system that raises the battery's voltage to the levels necessary for a spark to ignite the fuel
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High energy ignition
High energy ignition, also known as H.E.I., is an electronic ignition system designed by the Delco-Remy Division of General Motors. It was used on all GM vehicles, at least in the North American market, from 1975 through the mid-1980s. There were ...
, an electronic ignition system used by General Motors from 1974 to the mid-1980s
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Ignition interlock device
An ignition interlock device or breath alcohol ignition interlock device (IID or BAIID) is a breathalyzer for an individual's vehicle. It requires the driver to blow into a mouthpiece on the device before starting or continuing to operate the veh ...
, a method for preventing a vehicle's engine starting if a driver is over the legal alcohol limit
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Ignite (disambiguation)
To ignite is the first step of firelighting.
Ignite may also refer to:
Music
* Ignite (band), a melodic hardcore band from Orange County, California
* ''Ignite'' (Econoline Crush album), 2007
* ''Ignite'' (Shihad album), 2010
* "Ignite" (Eir Aoi ...
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Flammability limit
Mixtures of dispersed combustible materials (such as gaseous or vaporised fuels, and some dusts) and oxygen in the air will burn only if the fuel concentration lies within well-defined lower and upper bounds determined experimentally, referred to a ...
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Lower flammable limit
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