Thesaurus: injector

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1. n. One who, or that which, injects.
2. n. 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.
3. n. a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.)
4. n. An injector, ejector, steam ejector, steam injector, eductor-jet pump or thermocompressor is a type of pump.
5. 1. One who, or that which, injects. 2. (Mach.) 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.
6. A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by thedirect action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven intothe boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomescondensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffard's injector, from the inventor.
7. n:100 n. a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.)