relightingn.

Brit.

/ˌriːˈlʌɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/riˈlaɪdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: relight v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < relight v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare relight n.

The action of relight v.; (Aeronautics) the in-flight reignition of a jet engine that has suffered a flameout (cf. relight v. 1b).

ΘΚΠ

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

relighting1844

relight1945

1844 Times 16 Feb. 6/6 No specific act of outrage or intimidation further than the relighting of the signal fires.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xii. 224 The brute of a cigar required relighting.

1916 W. H. Radcliffe Pract. Electr. III. 646 Provision for automatic relighting is made only in the automatic type of Cooper Hewitt direct-current lamp.

1936 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 49/3 It [sc. a Bunsen burner] should be extinguished at once and adjusted properly before relighting.

1960 H. Zeffer Princ. & Pract. Aircraft Electr. Engin. xvii. 517 Re-lighting would be necessary..where a jet engine has been stopped by an accretion of ice entering the air intake.

2008 C. Soares Gas Turbines viii. 306/1 The jet engine requires facilities for relighting should the flame in the combustion system be extinguished during flight.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

relightingadj.

Brit.

/ˌriːˈlʌɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/riˈlaɪdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: relight v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < relight v. + -ing suffix².

Originally: of or designating a facility for relighting a lamp, burner, etc. Now chiefly: designating a type of candle that reignites automatically after being blown out.

ΚΠ

1889 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 10 Dec. 1618/2 A relighting gas-burner attachment.

1910 V. Karapetoff Exper. Electr. Engin. (ed. 2) I. x. 238 It [sc. the shunt magnet] closes the cut-out contacts and shunts the current around the lamp through the re-lighting coil.

1985 Business First (Louisville, Kentucky) (Nexis) 1 Apr. 1 Tradition-bound jokesters can still walk into Caufield's and buy whoopee cushions, relighting candles and tins of ‘candy’ that really contain a pop-out snake.

2008 D. Davis Fresh Ideas 29 Use a relighting candle for the Jesus candle.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	relighting
释义	relightingn. Brit. /ˌriːˈlʌɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /riˈlaɪdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: relight v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < relight v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare relight n. The action of relight v.; (Aeronautics) the in-flight reignition of a jet engine that has suffered a flameout (cf. relight v. 1b). ΘΚΠ 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 relighting1844 relight1945 1844 Times 16 Feb. 6/6 No specific act of outrage or intimidation further than the relighting of the signal fires. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xii. 224 The brute of a cigar required relighting. 1916 W. H. Radcliffe Pract. Electr. III. 646 Provision for automatic relighting is made only in the automatic type of Cooper Hewitt direct-current lamp. 1936 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 49/3 It [sc. a Bunsen burner] should be extinguished at once and adjusted properly before relighting. 1960 H. Zeffer Princ. & Pract. Aircraft Electr. Engin. xvii. 517 Re-lighting would be necessary..where a jet engine has been stopped by an accretion of ice entering the air intake. 2008 C. Soares Gas Turbines viii. 306/1 The jet engine requires facilities for relighting should the flame in the combustion system be extinguished during flight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). relightingadj. Brit. /ˌriːˈlʌɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /riˈlaɪdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: relight v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < relight v. + -ing suffix². Originally: of or designating a facility for relighting a lamp, burner, etc. Now chiefly: designating a type of candle that reignites automatically after being blown out. ΚΠ 1889 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 10 Dec. 1618/2 A relighting gas-burner attachment. 1910 V. Karapetoff Exper. Electr. Engin. (ed. 2) I. x. 238 It [sc. the shunt magnet] closes the cut-out contacts and shunts the current around the lamp through the re-lighting coil. 1985 Business First (Louisville, Kentucky) (Nexis) 1 Apr. 1 Tradition-bound jokesters can still walk into Caufield's and buy whoopee cushions, relighting candles and tins of ‘candy’ that really contain a pop-out snake. 2008 D. Davis Fresh Ideas 29 Use a relighting candle for the Jesus candle. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844adj.1889
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