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solid injection

American

noun

injection of fuel into an internal-combustion engine without an air blast.

solid injection British

noun

Also called (in a petrol engine): direct injection. injection of fuel directly into the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine without the assistance of an air blast to atomize the fuel Compare blast injection

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It pioneered the solid injection principle which put the Diesel engine on wheels, has a stake in the film industry.

From Time Magazine Archive

This development will come slowly and will not be a solid injection engine.”

From The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 by Meyer, Robert B.

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