English Explanatory Dictionary

injector

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who, or that which, injects something.
  2. One who injects (himself or herself with) psychoactive drugs.
  3. Any of various devices that are used to inject something, as:
  4. An apparatus by which a stream of water is forced into a steam boiler.
  5. Any of the one or more devices in a fuel injection system that create the spray of fuel.
  6. An object that realizes a dependency injection.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-injector.wav

Word forms

injector injectors

Etymology

From inject + -or.

Derived words

autoinjector biojector fuel injector Giffard injector injectoral jet injector microinjector nanoinjector photoinjector picoinjector venturi injector

Translations

Bulgarian: инжектор Catalan: injector French: injecteur German: Einspritzdüse Italian: iniettore Portuguese: injetor Russian: инже́ктор Spanish: inyector
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