"injector" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/ [General-American] Forms: injectors [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ) Etymology: inject + -or Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|inject|or}} inject + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} injector (plural injectors)
  1. One who, or that which, injects something.
    One who injects (himself or herself with) psychoactive drugs.
    Sense id: en-injector-en-noun-6Tjhm-dC
  2. One who, or that which, injects something.
    Any of various devices that are used to inject something, as:
    An apparatus by which a stream of water is forced into a steam boiler.
    Sense id: en-injector-en-noun-0Tqs~vOV
  3. One who, or that which, injects something.
    Any of various devices that are used to inject something, as:
    Any of the one or more devices in a fuel injection system that create the spray of fuel.
    Sense id: en-injector-en-noun-nPFxkxRL Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  4. (object-oriented programming) An object that realizes a dependency injection. Categories (topical): Object-oriented programming Translations (object-oriented programming): injecteur [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-injector-en-noun-1z261Q1T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 25 22 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 19 23 24 34 Disambiguation of 'object-oriented programming': 11 18 23 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autoinjector, Giffard injector, injectoral, jet injector, microinjector, venturi injector Translations (device used to inject): инжектор (inžektor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), injecteur [masculine] (French), Einspritzdüse [feminine] (German), инже́ктор (inžéktor) [masculine] (Russian), inyector [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'device used to inject': 4 45 45 5

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