fuel injection
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
- The delivery, under pressure, of a metered amount of fuel, as a fine spray, into the intake airflow or combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine.
- Coordinate terms: carburation, carburetion
- (metonymically) The equipment to achieve this delivery: a fuel injection system.
- He replaced the carburetor with fuel injection.
- Coordinate term: carburetor
Derived terms[edit]
- EFI (electronic fuel injection)
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