igniter

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The new igniter is approximately 18 inches in diameter and 36 inches long.

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  1. One who or that which ignites; specifically, a signal-holder having a piston in the end for igniting a blue-light by compression. An infernal machine is a device containing an explosive or highly combustible substance, and provided with a time exploder or igniter. Sci. Amer., N. S., LVII. 187.
  2. An electric apparatus, sparkcoil, or induction-coil, which is used in gas- or gasolene-engines to ignite the charge in the engine-cylinder by means of an electric spark produced in the cylinder at the proper point of the piston-stroke.
  3. Flame-igniter an igniter for explosion-engines in which the mixture of gases is fired by means of a flame.

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  • Electrical igniter (e.g. model rocketry match or lightbulb squib) Safety or improvised fuse may also be used. —  23_BoobyTraps+Mines
  • The gas bottle is retractable for refilling ease and there is just one control valve, igniter and burner so cooking dinner is a very simple process. —  gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine
  • You might have a hard start every now and then, but not enough to really cause you any concern, but when an igniter or a coil fails, the car won't start at all until it cools down. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • "He's our igniter," said Mets third baseman David Wright two years ago. —  Home | The New York Observer
  • This device -- whether its in the form of a spark plug, catalyst, particle beam igniter (that's in there too), or the plasma injector -- is referred to as a reaction trigger, an electrical igniter configured to initiate a chemical reaction in a reactant disposed between the first piston and the closed end of the first cylinder; the reaction trigger is located at the top of the cylinder. —  News Tom's Hardware US
 

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