air injection

American  

noun

1. injection of liquid fuel into the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine, especially a diesel, by means of a jet of compressed air.

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Example Sentences

According to medical experts, the key symptoms of air injection is a rapid and inexplicable collapse that does not respond to treatment, accompanied by the appearance of an unusual skin rash.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2023

Dr Evans explained that other causes for the child's collapse had been ruled out and that an "accidental air injection is virtually unheard of" due to the sophistication of modern medical equipment.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2023

"Had he omitted that notation it would have been impossible to detect the cause of death as an air injection."

From Time Magazine Archive

There are several other very important methods of air intake: the suction, breathing or inhalation method, air injection by tongue and related structures, and glossopharyngeal press or plosive-injection method.

From Time Magazine Archive