fuel injector

noun

A component which injects fuel into a cylinder of an internal-combustion engine.

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Meanings

nounfuel injector (plural fuel injectors)

plural fuel injectors

  1. A component which injects fuel into a cylinder of an internal-combustion engine.

    Individual cylinder heads are fitted each with two inlet and two exhaust valves, a fuel injector and a pre-combustion chamber.

    1958 April 29, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265
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Chicago

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