injector
/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/ noun
Forms injectors
- noun One who injects (himself or herself with) psychoactive drugs.
- noun An apparatus by which a stream of water is forced into a steam boiler.
- noun Any of the one or more devices in a fuel injection system that create the spray of fuel.
- noun (object-oriented programming) An object that realizes a dependency injection.
Etymology
From inject + -or.
Webster’s 1913
- noun One who, or that which, injects.
- noun A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; - -also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor.
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “injector”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details