Definition of Spark advance

1. Noun. The timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine.

Exact synonyms: Lead
Generic synonyms: Timing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spark Advance

sparger
spargers
sparges
sparging
sparhawk
sparhawks
sparid
sparid fish
sparids
sparing
sparing action
sparing phenomenon
sparingly
sparingness
spark
spark advance (current term)
spark arrester
spark chamber
spark coil
spark counter
spark gap
spark gaps
spark knock
spark knocks
spark lever
spark off
spark plug
spark plugs
spark spread

Literary usage of Spark advance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gasoline Automobile by George William Hobbs (1915)
"spark advance and Retard.—It is very essential in a variable speed gasoline engine ... Delco automatic spark advance mechanism as used on Cadillac cars. ..."

2. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"The automatic advance of spark takes care of the spark advance. See page 249. Where automatic spark advance is used, the spark lever is usually advanced ..."

3. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1919)
"Tfe automatic advance of spark takes care of the spark advance. See радо ЯЛ. Where automatic spark advance is used, the spark lever IB advanced % of the way ..."

4. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1916)
"spark advance The point at which ignition occurs in the cylinders relative to piston travel Is automatically controlled by a centrifugal governor in the ..."

5. Automotive Ignition Systems by Earl Lester Consoliver, Grover Ira Mitchell (1920)
"Delco interrupter and automatic spark advance mechanism. tion of the spark is ... Figure 93 shows the Delco ignition breaker and automatic spark advance ..."

6. Automotive Ignition Systems by Earl Lester Consoliver, Grover Ira Mitchell (1920)
"Automatic and Manual spark advance.—In several modern automobile ignition ... Delco interrupter and automatic spark advance mechanism. tion of the spark is ..."

7. Gas Engine Ignition: Prepared in the Extension Division of the University of by Earle Bertram Norris, Robert L. Winning, William C. Weaver (1916)
"The dual system with the automatic spark advance will be described here because of the unique ... 153, which shows the spark advance mechanism attached to ..."

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