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

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

The campaign developed a freeze-dried vaccine that could withstand tropical heat and be given either with a compressed air “injection gun” or by putting a drop on a forked needle and jabbing it just beneath the skin.

From New York Times

The company expects to begin air injection and production at Saskatchewan-based Kerrobert during the second quarter of 2011, it said in a statement.

From Reuters

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