the process of initiating combustion or catching fire

A diesel engine, an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil, A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed, verb_ To ignite a substance by using the heat generated by compression, automotive For a spark-ignition internal combustion engine to continue running after the electrical current to the spark plugs has been turned off This occurs when there's enough heat in the combustion chamber to ignite the air/fuel without a spark, the same way heat and pressure cause ignition in a diesel engine, intransitive verb_ To drive a diesel-powered vehicle, To refuel a diesel-powered vehicle Often used with up, To drive a diesel-powered vehicle

Plural form of point, rail transport, UK Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another, automotive The two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow current to flow or not through the ignition coil. Each surface is called a point singular (there's usually a moving point which is pushed by the distributor cam and a fixed point which isn't), but they're made together in a unit and serviced or replaced that way and are hence normally called points plural, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of point