injection
IPA: ɪndʒˈɛkʃʌn
noun
- The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
- A specimen prepared by injection.
- (category theory) A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
- (construction) The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.
- (figuratively) The supply of additional funding to a person or a business.
- (mathematics) A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.
- (computer security) The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion.
- (space science) 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.
- (set theory) 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.
- (medicine) Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle.
- (medicine) Congestion (of a body part, with blood or other fluid), such as hyperemia.
- (internal combustion engines) Fuel injection: the pressurized introduction of fuel into a cylinder.
- (steam engines) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
- (steam engines) The cold water thrown into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
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Examples of "injection" in Sentences
- Hypodermic injections in nature.
- The doctor makes the injections.
- Injection syringe and hypodermic needle.
- Assessment of the site of injection and depth is difficult to inject.
- The length of the needle impacts the depth of the injection to inject.
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