different between ignition vs flaming
ignition
English
Etymology
From French ignition
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?gn?'sh?n, IPA(key): /???n???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
ignition (countable and uncountable, plural ignitions)
- The act of igniting.
- The initiation of combustion.
- (automotive, mechanical engineering) A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.
- (automotive) Receptacle for a key used to start the engine in a vehicle.
- (physics) The phenomenon of a thermonuclear fusion reaction becoming self-sustaining and no longer requiring external heating.
Derived terms
Translations
ignition From the web:
- what ignition coil do i need
- what ignition coil does
- what ignition interlock device
- what ignition system needs to be timed
- what ignition coils do
- what ignition temperature
- how to choose an ignition coil
- what kind of ignition coil do i need
flaming
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fle?m??/
- Rhymes: -e?m??
Adjective
flaming (comparative more flaming, superlative most flaming)
- On fire with visible flames.
- The flaming debris kept the firefighter well back, and the sparks threatened the neighborhood.
- 2011, Stephanie Owen Reeder, Amazing Grace: An Adventure at Sea (page 76)
- On Christmas Day, the pudding was served piping hot, with flaming brandy on top.
- Very bright and the color of flame.
- (colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male.
- To call him a flaming homosexual would be an understatement, but I think he acts that way just to see people react.
- (Britain, colloquial) Damned, bloody.
- I wasted three hours in that flaming traffic jam!
Translations
Verb
flaming
- present participle of flame
Noun
flaming (plural flamings)
- An emission or application of fire; act of burning with flames.
- 1950, Market Growers Journal (volume 79, page 12)
- The burning is done before the crop has come up, and usually two flamings are necessary to kill all weeds […]
- 1950, Market Growers Journal (volume 79, page 12)
- Sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.
- (Internet slang) Vitriolic criticism.
- You can expect a flaming if you post irrelevant spam to a newsgroup.
See also
- flame war
- flame bait
Polish
Etymology
From Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamengo (“flame colored”), from Provençal flama (“flame”), from Latin flamma (“flame”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fla.m?ink/
Noun
flaming m anim
- flamingo
Declension
flaming From the web:
- what flamingos eat
- what flamingo
- what flamingos usually stand on
- what flamingos look like
- what flamingos represent
- what flamingos do
- what flamingo name
- what flaming means
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