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Detonation (not to be confused with pre-ignition) is a spontaneous combustion of the end-gas (remaning air-fuel mixture) within the combustion chamber AFTER the spark/ignition. Combustion of the air-fuel mixture is supposed to be a smooth, controlled burn originating at the spark plug and spreading throughout the chamber, (relatively) steadily increasing pressure and tempurature to drive the piston down.
Although nitroglycerin can deflagrate or burn, the explosive decomposes almost instantaneously producing a supersonic shockwave that propagates through the fuel-rich medium/material. Instantaneous destruction of all the molecules in the sample is known as detonation, where rapid expansion of hot gases causes a violent and destructive explosion. One advantage that nitroglycerin possesses in contrast to other high explosives, such as TNT, is that no solid forms of carbon (soot or smoke) are produced once the material is detonated.