Injection

Quick meaning: Injection is a noun meaning The act of injecting, or something that is injected.

Meaning

The act of injecting, or something that is injected.

More Meanings

1. A specimen prepared by injection.
2. (category theory) A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
3. (construction) The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.
4. (figuratively) The supply of additional funding to a person or a business.
5. (mathematics) A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.
6. (computer security) The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion.
7. (space science) The act of putting a spacecraft into a particular orbit, especially for changing a stable orbit into a transfer orbit, e.g. trans-lunar injection.

Example Sentences

direct injection

tuned port injection

conjunctival injection

The troubled business received a much-needed cash injection.

Word Forms

• injections

Synonyms for injection

Depending on context, synonyms include injectant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include injectant, injector, injectable, inject, parenteral, dose.

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