| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Ignition delay | Aerospace | 1: The time lapse occurring between the instance of an igniting action of a fuel and the onset of a specified burning reaction. Also called ignition lag. (references) | |
| 2: In solid rocket motors, time period from the moment of arrival of the thermal energy from the igniter at the propellant grain surface until an exothermic gas-phase reaction is self-sustaining (i.e., the propellant is burning); in liquid rocket engines, the time from initial contact of fuel and oxidizer unto a measurable pressure is generated. (references) | |||
| Ignition delay | Mining | Time interval between contact of an oxidant and a combustible and ignition. (references) | |
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