ignition

ig·ni·tion

noun \ig-ˈni-shən\

Definition of IGNITION

1

: the act or action of igniting: as a : the starting of a fire b : the heating of a plasma to a temperature high enough to sustain nuclear fusion

2

a : the process or means (as an electric spark) of igniting a fuel mixture b : a device that activates an ignition system (as in an automobile) <put the key in the ignition>

Examples of IGNITION

1. There's a problem with the car's ignition.

First Known Use of IGNITION

1612

Rhymes with IGNITION

addition, admission, ambition, attrition, audition, beautician, clinician, cognition, coition, commission, condition, contrition, demission, dentition, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, magician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, partition, patrician, perdition, permission, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, remission, rendition, sedition, submission, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition, volition