injection
The act of injecting, or something that is injectedThe act of injecting, or something that is injected.
» Tom was executed by lethal injection.
Meaning
14 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
Injektion, Spritze
инъе́кцияinʺjékcija, уко́лukól, влива́ниеvlivánije
ін'є́кціяinʺjékcija, уко́лukól, за́штрикzáštryk
any solution that is injected (as into the skin)
(countable, uncountable)A specimen prepared by injection.
(countable, uncountable)A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
(countable, uncountable)The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)The supply of additional funding to a person or a business.
The troubled business received a much-needed cash injection.
(countable, uncountable)A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.
Injektion, injektive Funktion
инъе́кцияinʺjékcija
(countable, uncountable)The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion.
a SQL injection exploit allowing a malicious user to modify a database query
Einschleusung, Code-Einschleusung
внедре́ниеvnedrénije
(countable, uncountable)The act of putting a spacecraft into a particular orbit, especially for changing a stable orbit into a transfer orbit, e.g. trans-lunar injection.
the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
(countable, uncountable)A function that maps distinct x in the domain to distinct y in the codomain; formally, a f: X → Y such that f(a) = f(b) implies a = b for any a, b in the domain.
(countable, uncountable)Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle.
инъе́кцияinʺjékcija
ін'є́кціяinʺjékcija
(countable, uncountable)Congestion (of a body part, with blood or other fluid), such as hyperemia.
conjunctival injection
(countable, uncountable)Fuel injection: the pressurized introduction of fuel into a cylinder.
direct injection
tuned port injection
Examples
63 sentencesTom was executed by lethal injection.
I'm going to give you an injection.
ruЯ сделаю Вам укол.
He had an injection prior to the operation.
ruПеред операцией ему сделали укол.
Tom is to die by lethal injection tonight.
Tom winced as the nurse gave him an injection.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French injection, from Latin iniectio. The mathematical sense is fromBorrowed from Middle French injection, from Latin iniectio. The mathematical sense is from French injection, introduced by Nicolas Bourbaki in their treatise Éléments de mathématique. Equivalent to inject + -ion.
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Forms
plural: injections| Singular | injection |
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Synonyms
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