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AUTOMATIC ADVANCE [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fueling Systems (Motor Vehicles)
  • Servicing and Maintenance (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
CONT

Automatic advance. The ignition system for gasoline engines has spark advance mechanisms that move the spark ahead as engine speed increases. This allows the combustion to start earlier so it will be well advanced by the time the piston reaches TDC and starts down on the power stroke.

OBS

automatic advance: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Entretien et réparation (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
OBS

avance automatique : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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