fuel injection

noun
the spraying of liquid fuel into the cylinders or combustion chambers of an engine.

Origin:
1895–1900

fu·el-in·jec·tion, adjective
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fuel injection
 
n
a system for introducing atomized liquid fuel under pressure directly into the combustion chambers of an internal-combustion engine without the use of a carburettor

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Example sentences
Advanced automotive electronics used to mean digital dashboard displays or
  electronic fuel injection.
The fuel injection characteristics were held constant during this transition.
The catalytic converter was a necessary evil prior to fuel injection, when the
  car had a carburetor, but those days are gone.
Bikes only relatively recently switched to fuel injection over carbs.
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