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/fjˈuəl ɪndʒˈɛkʃən/ Listen

noun

Injection n.

The act of injecting or throwing in; applied particularly to the forcible insertion of a liquid or gas, by means of a syringe, pump, etc.

That which is injected; especially, a liquid inserted thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an enema.

(Anat.)

(a)

The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance.

(b)

A specimen prepared by injection.

(Steam Eng.)

(a)

The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.

(b)

The cold water thrown into a condenser.

Injection cock, or Injection valve (Steam Eng.), the cock or valve through which cold water is admitted into a condenser.

Injection condenser. See under Condenser.

Injection pipe, the pipe through which cold water is through into the condenser of a steam engine.

fuel injection, a method of inserting fuel into internal-combustion engines by directly forcing the liquid fuel into the combustion chamber at an appropriate point in the piston cycle; in contrast to carburetion, in which an air-fuel mixture is drawn in by the downward stroke of the piston.

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Etymology of 'Fuel injection'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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