Definition of Fuel injection

1. Noun. Mechanical system to inject atomized fuel directly into the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine; avoids the need for a carburetor.

Exact synonyms: Fuel Injection System
Generic synonyms: Mechanical System

Definition of Fuel injection

1. Noun. the delivery, under pressure, of a metered amount of fuel, as a fine spray, into the intake airflow or combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fuel Injection

fuehrer
fuehrers
fuel
fuel-air bomb
fuel-air explosive
fuel-cell furnace
fuel-poor
fuel cell
fuel cells
fuel consumption rate
fuel cycle
fuel filter
fuel gauge
fuel handling system
fuel indicator
fuel injection (current term)
fuel injection system
fuel level
fuel line
fuel molecule
fuel oil
fuel oils
fuel pod
fuel poverty
fuel station
fuel system
fuel tank
fuel tanks
fuel up
fueled

Literary usage of Fuel injection

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oil Engines: Details and Operation by Lacey Harvey Morrison (1919)
"Fuel feeding arrangement, Dr. Diesel's original patent. the functioning of the fuel injection valve the following brief explanation is given. ..."

2. Land and Marine Diesel Engines by Giorgio Supino (1915)
"Otherwise, as an expedient for obviating the loss of fuel injection air above ... The fuel injection valve is composed of a cast-iron casing in which is ..."

3. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"The general arrangement of the valves and fuel Injection apparatus of the Diesel motor, 11 ilici- trated in Edward Butler's book on "carburetors, ..."

4. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"Ideal fuel injection requires velocity of the injection proportional to the speed of the piston, the atomization of the particle« of fuel allowing their ..."

5. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"Ideal fuel injection requires velocity of the injection proportional to the speed of the piston, thc atomization of the particles of fuel allowing their ..."

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