injector Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.)
WordNet
In*ject"or noun
Definitions
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One who, or that which, injects. -
(Mach.) A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's injector , from the inventor.fuel injector -- a device for actively injecting fuel into an internal combustion engine
