relightn.
/ˈriːlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈrilaɪt/ Aeronautics.
An in-flight reignition of a jet engine that has suffered a flameout. Cf. relight v. 1b. Frequently attributive.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > aircraft engine > jet engine > reignition in flight
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1945 J. Grierson Jet Flight iv. 101 The fuel should be shut off for a minute or so in order to blow surplus fuel out of the engine before the relight.
1955 Mangham & Peace Jet Engine Man. vi. 100 The relight button..enables the ignition circuit to be energised without the starter motor.
1976 B. Jackson Flameout (1977) ii. iv. 69 A thorough examination of the relight systems, every fuel valve, and every fuel feed pipe.
1977 R.A.F. News 11 May 11/1 While attempting a relight, Harry lost the other engine as well.
2001 Medal News Feb. 15/3 He was forced to jettison his fuel tanks and eventually had to shut down his remaining engine. However, he attempted a relight and was successful.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
relightv.
/ˌriːˈlʌɪt/, U.S. /riˈlaɪt/ 1.
a. transitive. To light (something) again; to rekindle, reignite. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > light > illumination > illuminate [verb (transitive)] > again
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or consume by fire [verb (transitive)] > kindle or set alight > again
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1662 Duchess of Newcastle Religious i. vi, in Playes Written 533 To make Love last long, is sometimes to put it out, and then to re-inkindle it;..absence is an extinguisher, which saves it, and return is relighting it.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 609 His pow'r can heal me, and re-light my eye.
1769 S. Gunning Hermit I. xi. 128 The doctor, who had laid aside his pipe to engage at cards, now relighted it.
1813 C. Cuthbertson Adelaide III. xiv. 291 The affection of his language, relit the bright lamp of hope in the breast of Adelaide.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxxii. 450 Our only hope of heat was in re-lighting our lamp.
1913 J. B. Ellis Lahoma i. 9 The man who had relighted the candle,..crouched to shield it with a hairy hand from the gust.
1965 G. Jones Island of Apples iii. iii. 200 And in a minute or two, after I'd relit the oil lamp, we were sitting together on my bed, eating condensed milk with a teaspoon.
1999 A. Wheatle Brixton Rock 193 Jah Nelson relit his roach.
b. transitive. Aeronautics. To reignite in flight (a jet or an engine which has suffered a flameout). Cf. relight n.
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1947 Proc. U.S. Naval Inst. 73 246/1 It can be assumed that present difficulties of relighting jets in flight will be overcome.
1954 Sci. News. Let. 3 Apr. 212/2 When the flame of a jet engine blows out, a pilot can get into serious trouble unless he can relight his engine.
1971 P. J. McMahon Aircraft Propulsion vi. 197 It should be possible to relight an engine at any flight condition.
2004 R. B. Whittingham Blame Machine xi. 201 There was clearly insufficient time to relight the No. 2 engine.
2. intransitive. To light up again; to reignite. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > burn or be on fire [verb (intransitive)] > catch fire or begin to burn > again
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1785 S. Lee Recess II. iv. 285 The embers of that fatal fire tears had almost quenched, again were gradually relighting!
1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. vii. 166 The desire..relit suddenly, and glowed warm in her heart.
1897 R. W. Chambers Myst. of Choice 182 The flame..went out in a jet of wood vapour, only to play like lightning above the gas and relight again.
1922 B. Malinowski Argonauts of Western Pacific x. 244 Certain fireflies..would suddenly disappear, not to relight again.
1992 M. Tem Wilding xx. 317 Her yellow-brown eyes guttered while Deborah watched, then suddenly fiercely relit.
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a. transitive. To restore light to (a darkened room, building, etc.).
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1842 J. D. Hammond Polit. Hist. N.Y. II. 492 The gas-lights..were extinguished. The Equal Rights party..had provided themselves with loco-foco matches and candles, and the room was re-lighted.
1874 M. Symington Bessie Gordon's Story xxv. 170 The supply from the main pipe had been cut off, and it was impossible to relight the hall.
1929 Daily Northwestern (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) 19 Feb. 8/7 No one made a move to relight the room.
2003 C. Hart Athens Assignment ix. 77 Blinded, Burke scrambled to one side and moved in at an angle, hoping to cut off their advance and stop any attempt to relight the room.
b. transitive. To provide (a room, building, etc.) with a new lighting system or configuration of lights.
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1938 Times 1 Apr. 23 The opportunity was taken to relight the room and make the seating accommodation in accord with modern requirements.
1952 Buildings Jan. 16/2 Should we relight the room using modern fluorescent equipment, this is probably what we would do.
2007 Australian (Nexis) 25 May 14 American George Sexton—‘the world's foremost lighting designer’—relit the room.
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