reignitionn.
/ˌriːɪɡˈnɪʃn/, U.S. /riɪɡˈnɪʃən/ The action or process of reigniting something.
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1822 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 112 471 The experiments on amber were conducted carefully with re-trituration and re-ignition.
1884 American 7 222 The momentary extinction and reignition of the light.
1933 Science 6 Oct. 300/1 Records, obtained with a rotating film operated in a vacuum, give the full story of the arc, subsequent reignition and final extinction.
1987 E. H. J. Pallett Aircraft Electr. Syst. (ed. 3) x. 162/1 It..remains incandescent for a sufficient period of time to ensure automatic re-ignition.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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