Noun: injector in'jek-tu(r)
- A contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.)
"The fuel injector in the car needed to be replaced"
- A type of pump that uses steam to compress and move fluids or gases
"Depending on the specific application, an injector can take the form of an eductor-jet pump, a water eductor, a vacuum ejector, a steam-jet ejector, or an aspirator"; "The industrial plant utilized a steam injector to efficiently transfer heat in their processing system";
- thermocompressor, eductor-jet pump, ejector, steam ejector, steam injector
Derived forms: injectors
Type of: contraption [informal], gadget, gismo [informal, rare], gizmo [informal], pump, widget
Encyclopedia: Injector