Injection

/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/ · noun

Meaning

The act of injecting, or something that is injected..

Definitions by Sense

1. The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
2. A specimen prepared by injection.
3. (category theory) A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
4. (construction) The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.
5. (figuratively) The supply of additional funding to a person or a business.
6. (mathematics) A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.
7. (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.
8. (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

For some indications in PET imaging, it is necessary for radiopharmaceutical injections to be administered contralaterally or pedally to the disease process

The troubled business received a much-needed cash injection.

a SQL injection exploit allowing a malicious user to modify a database query

It had been determined that one of the whip turnstile antennas had broken off from Explorer 1 shortly after injection into orbit, so these were eliminated.

conjunctival injection

direct injection

tuned port injection

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