Sentence examples for ignition from inspiring English sources

This air is guided and diffused by static blades to allow for easier ignition when it is mixed with fuel and ignited in a combustion chamber.

GM was forced to recall 2.6m cars in relation to the ignition switch issue, at a cost of $2.8bn.

Hitherto best known as the rough-edged Calamity Jane in TV's Deadwood, the wonderful Robin Weigert gives a pointed, peppery performance as the less content half of a moneyed Garden State lesbian couple, who finds the inner ignition that motherhood and interior design have failed to show her when she embarks on a secret career as a high-end escort to other women in her position.

Thirty years on, I have seen a fire report submitted by the Timber Research and Development Association, the one independent body to carry out an inspection of Valley Parade's main stand before the tragedy, that concluded it was "extremely unlikely that a small source of ignition on its own, say a cigarette in a plastic cup, could have been the primary cause".

Last week a judge ruled that GM would not have to face dozens of lawsuits accusing the car company of concealing the ignition switch defect ahead of its bankruptcy.

Her pay was higher than her compensation target of $14.4m, despite an ignition switch safety defect which caused 87 deaths according to an independent compensation fund.

Mary Barra, the boss of General Motors, was given a rough ride in Congress at a hearing into faulty car-ignition switches that have caused at least 13 deaths.

The first re-ignition was successful and some manoeuvres were performed.

Ms Barra signalled that there may be more recalls in the "near term .GM will issue what is essentially a blank cheque to Kenneth Feinberg, a lawyer who will manage the fund for victims of the ignition-switch problem.

And Mary Barra, GM's new chief executive, is herself taking the lead investigating the ignition-switch crisis just like Toyota's boss, Akio Toyoda.

The fast-ignition technique is more like a petrol engine: first the fuel is compressed and only then is it ignited by a second laser pulse acting as a spark plug that is fired through a hole in the pellet.The upshot is that nuclear fusion can happen using rough-and-ready lasers and rough-and-ready fuel.