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injector
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun injector has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
injector, n.
- One who, or that which, injects. [1913 Webster]
- 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.
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