Ignition 772491 225705439 2008-07-15T00:18:52Z 91.132.41.129 {{redirect|Reignition|the band|Re:ignition}} {{wiktionary}} '''Ignition''' occurs when the heat produced by a reaction becomes sufficient to sustain a chemical reaction. The sudden change from a cold [[gas]] to a hot [[plasma (physics)|plasma]] in a plasma source is also called ignition. :''See also: [[Making fire]]'' Other uses of ignition include: * in [[chemistry]], it refers to heating a material to the point that it spontaneously [[combustion|combusts]], or until it ceases to lose mass. * in [[nuclear fusion]], it refers to the conditions under which a plasma can be maintained by fusion reactions without external energy input. * in [[Fabrication_(semiconductor)|semiconductor processing]], ignition is the process of starting up a plasma generator. In [[direct current|DC]] plasma systems, this involves a transition from voltaic arcing to sustained and delocalized plasma generation. * an [[ignition system]] is a method for activating and controlling the combustion of fuel in an internal combustion engine, often through the use of a key '''Ignition''' may also refer to: * [[Ignition (song)]], a hip hop song by artist R. Kelly * [[Ignition, Portable Sounds]], a [[christian rock/hip hop]] song by [[tobyMac]] * [[Ignition (Trivium song)]], a song by American metal band Trivium * [[Ignition (album)]], an album by the punk rock band The Offspring * [[Ignition (computer game)]], a top-down racing game for PC published in 1997 * [[Ignition (event)]], a Burning Man regional event held in Montreal, Quebec * [[Ignition (film)]], a 2001 film * [[Ignition Entertainment]], a computer video games company founded in 2002 {{disambig}} [[de:Zündung]] [[el:Ανάφλεξη]] [[es:Ignición]] [[pl:Zapłon]] [[sv:Tändning]]