fuel injection
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3.6
- noun
- /fjul ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən/
- Specialized
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inyección de combustible
- Modern vehicles rely on fuel injection systems to improve engine efficiency and performance.
- fuel injection system
Examples
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It's nice to see you've gone with the times and switched to electronic fuel injection.
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Taking advantage of electronic controls and advances in fuel injection, today's light-duty diesels are quiet and clean, and they provide excellent low-end torque and superior fuel economy, proponents say.
Academic text (2006) -
"The fuel injection system is a lot different."
Academic text (2007) -
And now with electronic fuel injection.
Blog text (33) -
In the past few months, they had to replace the fuel-injection system, the suspension, and the battery.
Fiction book (2002) -
Hey, Rick, engineering's scheduled a demo for your new fuel injection design.
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The fuel-injection system.
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The fuel injection systems in diesel engines are tightly controlled environments where the tiniest of many variables might influence engine performance.
Academic text (2007) -
With electronic throttles, the gas pedal sends electrical instructions to a microprocessor that controls the fuel injection system electronically.
Academic text (2005) -
The introduction of electronic fuel injection has revolutionized how engines operate.
Synonyms
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4.1
A part of a car engine that sprays small drops of fuel into the cylinders
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'fuel' (material burned for energy) combined with 'injection' (introducing material under pressure) yields the idea of introducing fuel into an engine. This straightforward technical combination is cross-linguistically common and a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the general meaning even if they lack detailed mechanical knowledge.
Etymology
The noun fuel injection comes from the image of fuel being sent in by an injection: tiny drops are pushed straight into the engine's cylinders, like a needle giving medicine. That's why 'fuel injection' means a system that sends fuel directly into the engine for better control and power.