injector

US/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/

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Other forms: injectors

An injector is the part that squirts fuel or medicine in. A fuel injector, a blocked injector, an injector pen.

In an engine it sprays a fine mist at high pressure and at an exact moment, which is what replaced the carburettor. In medicine an auto-injector delivers a fixed dose through clothing, as an adrenaline pen does.

Definitions of injector

1nouninjectorThe part that squirts fuel or medicine in.C1
“The mechanic cleaned the fuel injectors, and the engine ran smoothly again.”

injector is a part.

Where it comes from

Proto-Indo-European
*(H)yeh₁-
Latin
iniectus
English
inject
English, today
injector

Built from

iniciō · Latin — to throw in

From inject + -or. inject comes from Latin iniectus, participle of iniciō (“to throw in”), from in- + iaciō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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injector in the wild

A jet injector is a type of medical injecting syringe device used for a method of drug delivery known as jet injection.
Jet injector
A common rail system contrasts with the low-pressure fuel pump feeding unit injectors (or pump nozzles).
Common rail
A unit injector (UI) is a high-pressure integrated direct fuel injection system for diesel engines, combining the injector nozzle and the injection pump in a single component.
Unit injector
In a unit injector, the device is typically lubricated and cooled by the fuel itself.
Unit injector
After a slow uptake in the United States, injector pens have surpassed vial and syringe administration of insulin in type 2 diabetes.
Injector pen

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Related words

the iniciō family

inject

injector — used about once every 10,786 pages · #11,846 · point at the bar for the others

injection

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