fuel injection system
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4.1
- noun
- /fjul ɪnˈdʒɛkʃən ˈsɪstəm/
- Specialized
:
sistema de inyección de combustible
- The Astro has a new fuel injection system that improves efficiency.
- a new fuel injection system
- controls the fuel injection system
Examples
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He has played a major role in the design and development of fuel injection systems for gas turbines.
Academic text (2002) -
Today, diesels for small vehicles are equipped with microprocessor controls just as gasoline engines and have sophisticated fuel injection systems.
Academic text (2006) -
"There's going to be a problem in the fuel injection system if you let... "
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In the past few months, they had to replace the fuel-injection system, the suspension, and the battery.
Fiction book (2002) -
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 key to diesel performance is the fuel injection system.
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Today, modern cars are designed with advanced fuel injection systems for better fuel management.
Synonyms
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3.6
A system that sprays small drops of fuel directly into an engine's cylinders to help the engine run better
How Complex
- Specialized
1
4.1
- Specialized
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3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'fuel' (material burned), 'injection' (introducing by force/pressure) and 'system' (collection of components) combine to yield a system that injects fuel into an engine. This is a regular technical noun phrase pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Fuel injection system gets its name from the picture of fuel being put into the engine like a doctor's injection: tiny drops are sent straight into the engine instead of being mixed earlier. So the name means 'a system that sends fuel directly into the engine' and explains why it gives better power and saves fuel.