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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