Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The delivery, under pressure, of a metered amount of fuel, as a fine spray, into the intake airflow or combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine.

    Kraftstoffeinspritzung, Benzineinspritzung

    впрыск то́пливаvprysk tópliva

    mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine; avoids the need for a carburetor

  2. (metonymically, uncountable)The equipment to achieve this delivery: a fuel injection system.

    He replaced the carburetor with fuel injection.

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  • mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine; avoids the need for a carburetor:fuel injection system

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