"fuel injection" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fuel injection (uncountable)
  1. the delivery, under pressure, of a metered amount of fuel, as a fine spray, into the intake airflow or combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine Wikipedia link: fuel injection Tags: uncountable Derived forms: electronic fuel injection, EFI Coordinate_terms: carburetion, carburetor Translations (Translations): 燃料噴射 (Chinese Mandarin), 燃料喷射 (Chinese Mandarin), 燃油噴射 (Chinese Mandarin), 燃油喷射 (Chinese Mandarin), 噴射供油 (Chinese Mandarin), 喷射供油 (Chinese Mandarin), polttoaineen suihkutus (Finnish), polttoaineen ruiskutus (Finnish), Kraftstoffeinspritzung [feminine] (German), Benzineinspritzung [feminine] (German), injecție de combustibil [feminine] (Romanian), bränsleinjektion [common-gender] (Swedish)
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