meaning of injector
1. One who, or that which, injects.
2. A contrivance for forcing feed water into a steam boiler by the direct action of the steam upon the water. The water is driven into the boiler by the impulse of a jet of the steam which becomes condensed as soon as it strikes the stream of cold water it impels; -- also called Giffards injector, from the inventor.
3. a contrivance for injecting e. g. , water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.
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