injection en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed 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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
For some indications in PET imaging, it is necessary for radiopharmaceutical injections to be administered contralaterally or pedally to the disease process
2010, Paul Shreve, David W. Townsend, Clinical PET-CT in Radiology: Integrated Imaging in Oncology, →ISBN, page 78:
- (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.
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(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.
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(countable, qualifier:computer security, 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
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(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.
It had been determined that one of the whip turnstile antennas had broken off from Explorer 1 shortly after injection into orbit, so these were eliminated.
2015, Henry L. Richter, America's Leap Into Space:
- (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.
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(countable, uncountable) Congestion (of a body part, with blood or other fluid), such as hyperemia.
conjunctival injection
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(countable, qualifier:internal combustion engines, uncountable) Fuel injection: the pressurized introduction of fuel into a cylinder.
tuned port injection
direct injection
- (countable, qualifier:steam engines, uncountable) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
- (countable, qualifier:steam engines, uncountable) The cold water thrown into a condenser to produce a vacuum.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| injections | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
femtoinjection · microinjection · electroinjection · hot-beef injection · postinjection · autoinjection · injection molding · injective · lipoinjection · booster injection · trans-Earth injection · reinjection · injectional · injection cock ((construction) Terms derived from injection) · agroinjection · superinjection · preinjection · hot beef injection · nanoinjection · meat injection · beef injection · trans-Mars injection · injectively · injection moulding · interinjection · Heathrow injection · injection lipolysis · trans-lunar injection · coinjection · injection condenser ((construction) Terms derived from injection) · water for injection · injection pipe ((construction) Terms derived from injection) · supervised injection site · lethal injection · transjection · crossinjection
Hyponyms
URL injection ((computer security) Insertion of program code into an application, URL, etc.) · packet injection ((computer security) Insertion of program code into an application, URL, etc.) · email injection ((computer security) Insertion of program code into an application, URL, etc.) · sperm injection · dependency injection ((computer security) Insertion of program code into an application, URL, etc.) · broker injection ((computer security) Insertion of program code into an application, URL, etc.) · water injection · gravel injection ((construction)) · constructor injection ((computer security) Insertion of program code into an application, URL, etc.) · fault injection ((computer security) Insertion of program code into an application, URL, etc.) · SQL injection ((computer security) Insertion of program code into an application, URL, etc.) · prompt injection ((computer security) Insertion of program code into an application, URL, etc.) · code injection ((computer security) Insertion of program code into an application, URL, etc.) · network injection ((computer security) Insertion of program code into an application, URL, etc.) · picoinjection · grout injection ((construction)) · direct injection
Relateds
jab · immunization · hypodermic · inject · bijection (A specimen prepared by injection.) · surjection (A specimen prepared by injection.)
Synonyms
Translations (177)
fa تَزریق (medicine: something injected) · lt injekcija (act of injecting, or something injected) · hi इंजेक्शन (act of injecting, or something injected) · pl zastrzyk (act of injecting, or something injected) · ka ინექცია (act of injecting, or something injected) · es inyección (act of injecting, or something injected) · ru инъе́кция (medicine: something injected) · az inyeksiya (act of injecting, or something injected) · ja 単射 (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · bg вмъ́кване (computing: insertion of code) · uk ін'є́кція (act of injecting, or something injected) · ja インジェクション (computing: insertion of code) · cs vstříknutí (act of injecting, or something injected) · it iniezione (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · ru инъе́кция (act of injecting, or something injected) · sh ubrizgavanje (act of injecting, or something injected) · ro injecție (act of injecting, or something injected) · eo injekto (act of injecting, or something injected) · id injeksi (act of injecting, or something injected) · ca funció injectiva (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · ko 주사 (act of injecting, or something injected) · be уко́л (act of injecting, or something injected) · sq injeksion (act of injecting, or something injected) · sk vstrekovanie (act of injecting, or something injected) · da injektion (act of injecting, or something injected) · gl inxección (medicine: something injected) · scn njizziuni (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · sv injektion (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · fi ruiske (medicine: something injected) · hy սրսկում (medicine: something injected) · ar حُقْنَة (act of injecting, or something injected) · kk инъекция (act of injecting, or something injected) · oc injeccion (act of injecting, or something injected) · de injektive Funktion (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · mn тарилга (act of injecting, or something injected) · sv insprutning (act of injecting, or something injected) · ru инъе́кция (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · pt injeção (act of injecting, or something injected) · de Code-Einschleusung (computing: insertion of code) · ms suntikan (act of injecting, or something injected) · ru впры́скивание (act of injecting, or something injected) · nl inspuiting (act of injecting, or something injected) · he זְרִיקָה (medicine: something injected) · scn gnizziuni (medicine: something injected) · tg тазриқ (act of injecting, or something injected) · ky укол (act of injecting, or something injected) · de Spritze (act of injecting, or something injected) · ml കുത്തിവെയ്പു് ഇൻഞ്ചക്ഷൻ (medicine: something injected) · uk упри́скування (act of injecting, or something injected) · be упы́рскванне (act of injecting, or something injected) · uk ін'є́кція (medicine: something injected) · nb injeksjon (act of injecting, or something injected) · bg инже́кция (act of injecting, or something injected) · fr injection (act of injecting, or something injected) · be ін'е́кцыя (act of injecting, or something injected) · fr injection (medicine: something injected) · pl iniekcja (act of injecting, or something injected) · yue 注射 (act of injecting, or something injected) · lo ການສັກຢາ (act of injecting, or something injected) · pl iniekcja (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · sw sindano (act of injecting, or something injected) · hy ներարկում (medicine: something injected) · fa تَزریق (act of injecting, or something injected) · fi injektio (computing: insertion of code) · ms penyuntikan (act of injecting, or something injected) · th ฉีดยา (act of injecting, or something injected) · sk injekcia (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · th การฉีดยา (act of injecting, or something injected) · uz inyeksiya (act of injecting, or something injected) · ro funcție injectivă (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · uk за́стрик (act of injecting, or something injected) · fi injektio (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · pt injeção (medicine: something injected) · sh injektiranje (act of injecting, or something injected) · wa pikeure (medicine: something injected) · ka ინექცია (medicine: something injected) · ja 注射 (act of injecting, or something injected) · ps تزريق (act of injecting, or something injected) · bg инжекция (medicine: something injected) · hy ներարկում (act of injecting, or something injected) · id suntikan (act of injecting, or something injected) · es inyección (medicine: something injected) · sk injekcia (medicine: something injected) · is innspýting (act of injecting, or something injected) · hu befecskendezés (act of injecting, or something injected) · ro injecție (medicine: something injected) · io injektado (act of injecting, or something injected) · scn njizziuni (medicine: something injected) · gl inxección (act of injecting, or something injected) · ro injecție (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · sh injèkcija (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · el εμφύτευση (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · uk упо́рскування (act of injecting, or something injected) · ar حَقْن (act of injecting, or something injected) · lv šprice (act of injecting, or something injected) · scn gnizziuni (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · cs injekce (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · ast inyeición (act of injecting, or something injected) · bg инекция (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · bg впръ́скване (act of injecting, or something injected) · cmn 注射 (act of injecting, or something injected) · ca injecció (medicine: something injected) · la iniectiō (act of injecting, or something injected) · de Injektion (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · sh инјѐкција (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · fr injection (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · hu injekció (medicine: something injected) · it iniezione (medicine: something injected) · ru влива́ние (act of injecting, or something injected) · pl zastrzyk (medicine: something injected) · sl injekcija (act of injecting, or something injected) · tk ukol (act of injecting, or something injected) · el ένεση (act of injecting, or something injected) · ms suntikan (medicine: something injected) · ps انجکشن (act of injecting, or something injected) · ug ئوكۇل (act of injecting, or something injected) · ur اِنْجِکْشَن (act of injecting, or something injected) · mk инјекција (act of injecting, or something injected) · ko 단사 (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · tr enjeksiyon (act of injecting, or something injected) · ru уко́л (act of injecting, or something injected) · sk injekcia (act of injecting, or something injected) · fi ruiske (act of injecting, or something injected) · de Einschleusung (computing: insertion of code) · uk уко́л (act of injecting, or something injected) · it iniezione (act of injecting, or something injected) · grc ἔνεμα (medicine: something injected) · wa pikeure (act of injecting, or something injected) · hy սրսկում (act of injecting, or something injected) · kmr enjeksiyon (act of injecting, or something injected) · sv injektion (act of injecting, or something injected) · et injektsioon (act of injecting, or something injected) · pl wstrzyknięcie (act of injecting, or something injected) · id suntikan (medicine: something injected) · de Injektion (act of injecting, or something injected) · pt função injetiva (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · ky инъекция (act of injecting, or something injected) · et süstimine (act of injecting, or something injected) · ko 인젝션 (computing: insertion of code) · sk vstreknutie (act of injecting, or something injected) · uk за́штрик (act of injecting, or something injected) · fi ruiskutus (act of injecting, or something injected) · sq injektim (act of injecting, or something injected) · nl injectie (medicine: something injected) · sm tui (medicine: something injected) · ru внедре́ние (computing: insertion of code) · da indsprøjtning (act of injecting, or something injected) · ca injecció (act of injecting, or something injected) · he זְרִיקָה (act of injecting, or something injected) · ur ٹِیکا (medicine: something injected) · cmn 單射 /单射 (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · ast inyeición (medicine: something injected) · sh инјектирање (act of injecting, or something injected) · et süst (act of injecting, or something injected) · sh инјѐкција (medicine: something injected) · io injekto (act of injecting, or something injected) · fi pistos (act of injecting, or something injected) · fi injektio (medicine: something injected) · sh убризгавање (act of injecting, or something injected) · bn ইনজেকশন (act of injecting, or something injected) · vi đơn ánh (set theory: one-to-one mapping) · to huhu (medicine: something injected) · lv injekcija (act of injecting, or something injected) · cs injekce (act of injecting, or something injected) · lo ສັກຢາ (act of injecting, or something injected) · vi sự tiêm (act of injecting, or something injected) · nl spuitje (medicine: something injected) · sh injèkcija (medicine: something injected) · hu injekció (act of injecting, or something injected) · km ការចាក់ថ្នាំ (act of injecting, or something injected) · sh инјѐкција (act of injecting, or something injected) · fa اَنژِکسیون (medicine: something injected) · uz ukol (act of injecting, or something injected) · oc injeccion (medicine: something injected) · fa اَنژِکسیون (act of injecting, or something injected) · sh injèkcija (act of injecting, or something injected) · fr injection (computing: insertion of code)
wikipedia: Nicolas Bourbaki · wikipedia: Éléments de mathématique