Spark ignition engines (Topical Term)
- Gasoline engines
- Earlier heading: Internal combustion engines, Spark ignition
- Otto-cycle engines
- SI engines
- Broader heading: Internal combustion engines
a Academic Amer. Encyc., 1997: v. 11, p. 215 (internal-combustion engine: based on the means of ignition, two types of internal-combustion engines can be distinguished: spark-ignition engines and compression-ignition engines)
Brit. Macro., 1995: v. 21, p. 349 (internal-combustion engines: the most common internal-combustion engine is the four-stroke gasoline-powered, homogeneous-charge, spark-ignition engine; gasoline engines)
Encyc. Americana, 1999: v. 15, p. 282 (Internal-combustion engine: ways of classifying internal-combustion engines: according to thermodynamic cycle, the Otto, the diesel, and the Brayton--spark-ignition engines function most nearly in accordance with the Otto cycle. Spark-ignition engines use mostly gasoline)
Combustion and emission control for SI engines, 2005.