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det•o•na•tion



Pronunciation: (det"n-ā'shun), [key]
—n.
1. the act of detonating.
2. an explosion.
3. Mach.the premature spontaneous burning of a fuel–air mixture in an internal-combustion engine due to the high temperature of air compressed in a cylinder.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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