'fuel injection' definitions:
Definition of 'fuel injection'
From: WordNet
noun
Mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine; avoids the need for a carburetor [syn: fuel injection, fuel injection system]
Definition of 'fuel injection'
From: GCIDE
- Injection \In*jec"tion\, n. [L. injectio : cf. F. injection.]
- 1. The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible insertion of a liquid or gas, by means of a syringe, pump, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is injected; especially, a liquid inserted thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an enema. --Mayne. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Anat.) (a) The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance. (b) A specimen prepared by injection. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Steam Eng.) (a) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum. (b) The cold water thrown into a condenser. [1913 Webster]
- Injection cock, or Injection valve (Steam Eng.), the cock or valve through which cold water is admitted into a condenser.
- Injection condenser. See under Condenser.
- Injection pipe, the pipe through which cold water is through into the condenser of a steam engine.
- fuel injection, a method of inserting fuel into internal-combustion engines by directly forcing the liquid fuel into the combustion chamber at an appropriate point in the piston cycle; in contrast to carburetion, in which an air-fuel mixture is drawn in by the downward stroke of the piston. [1913 Webster +PJC]