The sensors could be in the steering wheel or on an ignition button.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Turn the ignition key and the real drama unfolds.
The Sun (2010)
But he knocked into a cooker ignition switch.
The Sun (2012)
The ignition key is in the glove box.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The ignition button looked like a doorbell.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Or a surge of high voltage as you turn on the ignition.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It lets parents insert keys into the ignition where they can be programmed with customised restrictions.
The Sun (2012)
He turns the key in the ignition.
Alexander Masters STUART: A Life Backwards (2005)
Found it by the roadside with the keys in the ignition?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The ignition had been switched on but by the time they were discovered the car engine had stopped running.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was clear before any of us turned the ignition key that most of the lunacy would be road based.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He added that drivers should not turn on the ignition if they had filled the tank with the wrong fuel.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
To go faster than that you have to stop and insert your ignition key into a slot on the floor.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He jumped into the car, put the key in the ignition.
Clerk, Jayana & Siegel, Ruth Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born (1995)
You turn the ignition key and a dashboard light tells you it's on.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
When he turned off the ignition, the motorcycle exploded.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The keys are in the ignition and the engine is running, but no sign of the driver.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The company said last month that it was recalling 1.6 million vehicles amid concerns about a defective ignition switch.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I pressed the ignition switch, and the engine stopped.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The missing man is Wales's ignition switch.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
After I turn off the ignition, the engine fires up normally.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I had to be careful how I turned the key in the car ignition.
Christianity Today (2000)
In other languages
ignition
British English: ignition /ɪɡˈnɪʃən/ NOUN
In a car, the ignition is the mechanism which lights the fuel and starts the engine, usually operated by turning a key.
He put the key in the ignition.
American English: ignition
Arabic: إِشْتِعَالٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: ignição
Chinese: 点火
Croatian: paljenje
Czech: zapalování auto
Danish: antændelse
Dutch: ontsteking in auto
European Spanish: encendido
Finnish: sytytys
French: allumage
German: Zündung
Greek: ανάφλεξη
Italian: accensione
Japanese: 点火装置
Korean: 점화
Norwegian: tenning
Polish: zapłon
European Portuguese: ignição
Romanian: contactauto
Russian: зажигание
Latin American Spanish: encendido
Swedish: tändning
Thai: กระบวนการเผาไหม้ของเครื่องยนต์
Turkish: ateşleme
Ukrainian: запалювання
Vietnamese: bộ phận đánh lửa
All related terms of 'ignition'
ignition coil
an induction coil that supplies the high voltage to the sparking plugs of an internal-combustion engine
ignition key
the key used in a motor vehicle to turn the switch that connects the battery to the ignition system and other electrical devices
pre-ignition
ignition of all or part of the explosive charge in an internal-combustion engine before the exact instant necessary for correct operation
self-ignition
the spontaneous combustion or ignition of something without any external spark or flame
the ignition
the devices used to ignite the fuel in an internal-combustion engine
ignition point
Chemistry See autoignition point Also called : ignition temperature
ignition source
An ignition source is a process or event which can cause a fire or explosion .
ignition switch
(on a vehicle) the part that sets the process of ignition in motion once the ignition key is turned; also a button used for the same purpose
ignition system
the system in an internal-combustion engine that produces the spark to ignite the mixture of fuel and air: includes the battery , ignition coil , distributor , spark plugs , and associated switches and wiring
ignition timing
Ignition timing is the timing of the spark relative to the piston top dead center in a spark ignition engine.
retarded ignition
late ignition , which may cause the engine to under-perform
electronic ignition
any system that uses an electronic circuit to supply the voltage to the sparking plugs of an internal-combustion engine
spark ignition engine
A spark ignition engine is an engine running on the Otto cycle .
compression-ignition engine
a type of internal-combustion engine , such as a diesel , in which ignition occurs as a result of the rise in temperature caused by compression of the mixture in the cylinder
autoignition point
the minimum temperature at which a substance will undergo spontaneous combustion
homogeneous charge compression ignition
a form of internal combustion in which fuel and air are compressed until ignition occurs
CI engine
A CI engine is an engine in which the fuel charge is ignited by the heat of compression .
Chinese translation of 'ignition'
ignition
(ɪɡˈnɪʃən) (Aut)
n
(u) (= process) 发(發)火 (fāhuǒ)
(c) (= mechanism) 发(發)火装(裝)置 (fāhuǒ zhuāngzhì)
turn the ignition on/off开(開)/关(關)点(點)火装(裝)置 (kāi/guān diǎnhuǒ zhuāngzhì)