injector

One who or that which injects; specifically, an apparatus for forcing water into a steam-boiler.

One who, or that which, injects.

A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; — also called Giffard’s injector, from the inventor.

a device for actively injecting fuel into an internal-combustion engines by directly forcing the liquid fuel into the combustion chamber at an appropriate point in the piston cycle; — an alternative to a carburetor, in which an air-fuel mixture is drawn in by the downward stroke of the piston.

Any of various devices that are used to inject something

a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.)