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 and t ...
, 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. Combustion ...
, 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
Ignition is an Framework (computer science), Integrated Software Platform for SCADA systems released by Inductive Automation in January 2010. It is based on a Database-centric architecture, SQL Database-centric architecture. Ignition features c ...
, software by Inductive Automation
* ''Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants'', a book by
John Drury Clark
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 wr ...
'', (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!'', 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
* "Ignition", a 2001 song by Nebula from the album ''
Charged''
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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 hip hop artist tobyMac. Released on February 20, 2007, the album serves as a follow-up to his 2004 album, '' Welcome to Diverse City''. T ...
'', 2007–08
* "Ignition", a 2013 song by Dutch DJ and producer
Nicky Romero
Nick Rotteveel (; born 6 January 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 l ...
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Vehicles
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Ignition system
Ignition systems are used by heat engines to initiate combustion by igniting the fuel-air mixture. In a spark ignition versions of the internal combustion engine (such as petrol engines), the ignition system creates a spark to ignite the fuel-ai ...
, a method for activating and controlling the combustion of fuel in an internal combustion engine.
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Ignition switch
An ignition switch, starter switch or start switch is a switch in the control system of a motor vehicle that activates the main electrical systems for the vehicle, including "accessories" (radio, power windows, etc.). In vehicles powered by int ...
, a switch in the control system of a motor vehicle that activates the main electrical systems for the vehicle.
Other uses
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Ignition (event), a Burning Man regional event held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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 wit ...
, fusion research facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, US
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Ignition coil
An ignition coil is used in the ignition system of a spark-ignition engine to transform the battery voltage to the much higher voltages required to operate the spark plug(s). The spark plugs then use this burst of high-voltage electricity to ig ...
, 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, an electronic ignition system used by General Motors from 1974 to the mid-1980s
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Ignition interlock device, a method for preventing a vehicle's engine starting if a driver is over the legal alcohol limit
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Ignite (disambiguation)
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Flammability limit
Flammability limits or explosive limits are the ranges of fuel concentrations in relation to oxygen from the air. Combustion can range in violence from deflagration through detonation.
Limits vary with temperature and pressure, but are normally ...
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Lower flammable limit
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