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the moment potential energy stops sulking and decides to become a problem
means To set something on fire, or to spark a sudden burst of energy, passion, or action.
from From Latin 'ignire,' meaning 'to set on fire,' built on 'ignis' — fire itself — which is also the root of 'igneous' rocks born in volcanic heat. That same 'ignis' is possibly a distant cousin of words for fire in other Indo-European tongues, including the Sanskrit 'agni.' English borrowed it relatively late, in the 17th century, when 'ignite' arrived to do the heavy lifting that 'kindle' and 'inflame' had managed before.
- flash point
- liquids ignite only above a specific temperature
- no spark needed
- autoignition happens from heat alone, no flame
- oxygen required
- fire is just rapid bonding with oxygen
- latin root
- from ignis, meaning fire
- slow burn
- spontaneous combustion can start in damp haystacks
great chicago fire — destroyed 3.3 square miles of chicago in 1871
operation anthropoid — czech resistance ignited prague uprising against nazis in 1945
rosa parks arrest — ignited montgomery bus boycott on december 1, 1955