fuel injection

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noun

the spraying of liquid fuel into the cylinders or combustion chambers of an engine.

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Origin of fuel injection

First recorded in 1895–1900

OTHER WORDS FROM fuel injection

fu·el-in·jec·tion, adjective

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How to use fuel injection in a sentence

But Sanders, a representative of the Northeastern vacation state of Vermont, also opposes fossil fuel development.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats|Joel Kotkin|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2006, the firm presided over a routine steam-injection procedure known as “well stimulation.”
The Fiery Underground Oil Pit Eating L.A.|Geoff Manaugh|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Added fuel to the fire, he said—as in, the fire was already burning.
The St. Louis Rams Enter the Ferguson Fray|Sally Kohn|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The company also converts the gas into a liquid fuel that can run vehicles in its fleet.
Garbage In, Power Out|The Daily Beast|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Adding fuel to the fire was an often ugly war of words between Mr. Gelb and the unions, both in the press and on social media.
Inside the Metropolitan Opera’s Insane Year|Shawn E. Milnes|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The phloridzin test consists in the hypodermic injection of a small quantity of phloridzin.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The hills in sight, however, are very considerably wooded, and wood is apparently the common fuel.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Adequate, of course; no sense in taking chances with lives that cost so much fuel to bring here.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
She arrived in Liverpool on the 22d June, having consumed her fuel in ten days.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
The mountains are covered with wood fit for fuel, mining, architecture, and machinery.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick

British Dictionary definitions for fuel injection

fuel injection

noun

a system for introducing atomized liquid fuel under pressure directly into the combustion chambers of an internal-combustion engine without the use of a carburettor

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