Injection /(?)/
In·jec·tion
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.
- The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance. (Anat.)
- The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum. (Steam Eng.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Injection cock
- 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.