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injector en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From inject + -or.

Meanings

  1. One who, or that which, injects something. ▸ One who injects (himself or herself with) psychoactive drugs.
  2. One who, or that which, injects something. ▸ Any of various devices that are used to inject something, as: ▸ An apparatus by which a stream of water is forced into a steam boiler.
  3. One who, or that which, injects something. ▸ Any of various devices that are used to inject something, as: ▸ Any of the one or more devices in a fuel injection system that create the spray of fuel.
  4. (qualifier:object-oriented programming) An object that realizes a dependency injection.

Forms

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Deriveds

venturi injector · injectoral · Giffard injector · photoinjector · fuel injector · autoinjector · picoinjector · biojector · microinjector · nanoinjector · injector pen · jet injector

Translations (9)

bg инжектор (device used to inject) · fr injecteur (object-oriented programming) · es inyector (device used to inject) · ca injector (device used to inject) · pt injetor (device used to inject) · ru инже́ктор (device used to inject) · fr injecteur (device used to inject) · it iniettore (device used to inject) · de Einspritzdüse (device used to inject)