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compression ignition [kəm′presh·ən ig′nish·ən] (mechanical engineering) Ignition produced by compression of the air in a cylinder of an internal combustion engine before fuel is admitted. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Also in this realm of combining the best of diesel and gasoline engines, VW has taken gasoline direct injection (TSI) and diesel direct injection (TDI) and come up with a third acronym, CCS, which is "Combined Combustion System" as a descriptor for the engine that takes the compression ignition from the diesel and the homogeneous air-fuel mixture of the gas engine. nbsp;and a diesel engine is that the diesel is a compression ignition engine. Such engines are classified as reciprocating or rotary, spark ignition or compression ignition, and two-stroke or four-stroke; the most familiar combination, used from automobiles to lawn mowers, is the reciprocating, spark-ignited, four-stroke gasoline engine. |
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