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compression-ignition engine
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- a type of internal-combustion engine, such as a diesel, in which ignition occurs as a result of the rise in temperature caused by compression of the mixture in the cylinder
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The third was accomplished last month, when a plane with a compression-ignition engine using furnace oil as a fuel circled over the beaches around Jacksonville for 84 hours and inscribed its performance upon the books as a world鈥檚 record鈥攖he longest flight ever made without intermediate refueling.
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Packard Diesel Engine鈥1928鈥擳his first compression-ignition engine to power an airplane developed 225 hp at 1950 revolutions per minute.
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