ignition
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the process of initiating combustion or catching fire
Types & categories
- flame hypernym
- spontaneous combustion hyponym
Related & opposite
- ignite derivation
Sense 2 noun
the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine
Types & categories
- mechanism hypernym
Parts & wholes
- electrical system part holonym
- electrical distributor part meronym
- ignition coil part meronym
- ignition switch part meronym
- magneto part meronym
- spark coil part meronym
- spark gap part meronym
- spark plug part meronym
Sense 3 noun
the act of setting something on fire
Types & categories
- burning hypernym
Related & opposite
- ignite derivation
- catch fire derivation
- enkindle derivation
- kindle derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ignite |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | flame |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spontaneous combustion |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | electrical system |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | electrical distributor |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | ignition coil |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | ignition switch |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | magneto |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | spark coil |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | spark gap |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | spark plug |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mechanism |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ignite |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | catch fire |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | enkindle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | kindle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | burning |