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Sparking Plug

Definition: Sparking Plug

Sparking Plug

Noun

1. Electrical device that fits into the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine and ignites the gas by means of an electric spark.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Sparking Plug

DomainDefinition

Electrical Engineering

Consists of a central insulated electrode anda point, or points, attached to the casing. Source: European Union. (references)

Mechanical Engineering

A plug for spark ignition engines and those few jet engines where ordinary commercial plugs are used. Source: European Union. (references)
 Term reserved for plugs for spark ignition engine and those few jet engines where ordinary commercial plug is used. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Sparking Plug

Synonyms: plug (n), spark plug (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translation: Sparking Plug

Language Translations for "sparking plug"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

kandele (plug, spark plug). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

свещ (candle, plug, point, spark plug), инициатор (engineer, initiator, mover, pioneer, spark plug). (various references)

   

Czech

  

svíèka motoru (spark plug), svíèka (candle, plug, zoom). (various references)

   

Danish

  

taendroer til gnisttaending (igniter plug, spark plug), tændrør (plug, spark plug). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ontstekingsbougie (igniter plug, spark plug), bougie (plug, spark plug). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sytytystulppa (spark igniter, spark plug). (various references)

   

French

  

bougie d'allumage (spark igniter, spark plug). (various references)

   

German

  

Zündkerze (plug, spark plug, spark(ing) plug). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σπινθηριστής (igniter plug, spark igniter, spark plug), μπουζί (spark plug), αναφλεκτήρας αφής (igniter plug, spark plug). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gyújtógyertya (spark plug). (various references)

   

Italian

  

candela di accensione (igniter plug, spark plug), candela d'accensione (spark plug), candela (candela, candle, candlepower, plug, spark, spark plug). (various references)

   

Manx

  

dull smalee. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arkingspay ugplay

   

Portuguese

  

vela de ignição (spark plug). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

запальная свеча (plug, spark plug, sparking-plug). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

svećica (spark plug). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

chispero (spark plug), bujia de encendido (igniter plug, spark plug), bujía de encendido (spark igniter, spark plug), bujía (plug, spark plug, taper). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tändstift (plug, spark plug, spark-plug). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kıvılcım tapası, buji (plug, spark plug). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Sparking Plug

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-g-i-k-l-n-p-p-r-s-u"

-2 letters: grapplings.

-3 letters: grappling, sparkling, sparkplug, splurging.

-4 letters: graplins, grasping, pargings, parkings, plaguing, purgings, purpling, singular, slapping, slurping, sparging, sparking, sparling, springal, sugaring, suppling, upsprang, upspring.

-5 letters: argling, arguing, gapping, gasking, gasping, gingals, glaring, graplin, gulping, insular, kurgans, lakings, langurs, lapping, lapsing, larking, linkups, lurking, nilgaus, pagings, palings, parging, parings, parking, parling, parsing, parsnip, paulins.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-g-i-k-l-n-p-p-r-s-u"
 

+1 letter: sparkplugging.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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