fuel injection

English

Noun

fuel injection (uncountable)

1. 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

2. (metonymically) The equipment to achieve this delivery: a fuel injection system.

   He replaced the carburetor with fuel injection.

   Coordinate term: carburetor

Derived terms

• EFI (electronic fuel injection)

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 燃料噴射／燃料喷射 (zh), 燃油噴射／燃油喷射, 噴射供油／喷射供油

• Finnish: polttoaineen suihkutus, polttoaineen ruiskutus
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• German: Kraftstoffeinspritzung f, Benzineinspritzung (de) f
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• Romanian: injecție de combustibil f
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• Swedish: bränsleinjektion c
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See also

• water injection