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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INJECTOR

INJECTOR In *ject "or, n.

1. One who, or that which, injects.

2. (Mach. )

Defn: A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor.

New American Oxford Dictionary

injector

in jec tor |inˈjektər ɪnˈʤɛktər | ▶noun a person or thing that injects something. • (also fuel injector ) (in an internal combustion engine ) the nozzle and valve through which fuel is sprayed into a combustion chamber. • (in a steam engine ) a system of nozzles that uses steam to inject water into a pressurized boiler.

Oxford Dictionary

injector

in |ject ¦or |ɪnˈdʒɛktə | ▶noun a person or thing that injects something. • (also fuel injector ) (in an internal-combustion engine ) the nozzle and valve through which fuel is sprayed into a combustion chamber. • (in a steam engine ) a system of nozzles that uses steam to inject water into a pressurized boiler.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

injector

in jec tor /ɪndʒéktə r /名詞 C 注入 [注射, 噴射 ]器 ; 注入 [注射 ]する人 .