injector
nounOne who or that which injects; specifically, an apparatus for forcing water into a steam-boiler.
nounOne who, or that which, injects.
nounA 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
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
Any of various devices that are used to
a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.)