autoignite

Etymology

From auto- + ignite.

autoignite means to ignite spontaneously. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.

verb

To ignite spontaneously.“Ideally, for GCI a premixed charge of gasoline and air is inducted into an engine with a sufficiently high compression ratio to allow the entire cylinder contents to autoignite in rapid succession.”