injective
World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | fluid injected into the body, esp for medicinal purposes |
| 2. | something injected |
| 3. | the act of injecting |
| 4. | a. the act or process of introducing fluid under pressure, such as fuel into the combustion chamber of an engine |
| b. (as modifier): injection moulding | |
| 5. | maths surjection See also bijection a function or mapping for which f(x) = f(y) only if x = y |
| in'jective | |
| —adj | |
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