autoignite

verb

autoignite

verb

Etymology From auto- + ignite.

1

To ignite spontaneously.

Ideally, for GCI a premixed charge of gasoline and air is inducted into an engine with a sufficiently high compression ratio to allow the entire cylinder contents to autoignite in rapid succession.2015, David Crolla, Encyclopedia of Automotive Engineering:

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