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water injection

water injection noun: the process of squirting a small amount of water, in the form of a fine spray, into the air/fuel mixture going into a gasoline piston engine, in order to cool the engine cylinders, and, thereby, reduce detonation or knocking in high performance engines, especially when using a high compression ratio.

water injection: the process of squirting a small amount of water, in the form of a fine spray, into the air/fuel...
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Noun

water injection (uncountable)

  1. The process of squirting a small amount of water, in the form of a fine spray, into the air/fuel mixture going into a gasoline piston engine, in order to cool the engine cylinders, and, thereby, reduce detonation or knocking in high performance engines, especially when using a high compression ratio.
  2. The process of squirting water into the combustion chamber of a jet engine to allow it to produce greater thrust, partly from the production of high-pressure steam and partly from the cooling effect of the water allowing the engine to burn a greater quantity of fuel without overheating.

water injection meaning in Tamil

water injection in Tamil

நீர் உட்செலுத்துதல்

Questions about water injection

What does water injection mean?
Water injection means the process of squirting a small amount of water, in the form of a fine spray, into the air/fuel mixture going into a gasoline piston engine, in order to cool the engine cylinders, and, thereby, reduce detonation or knocking in high performance engines, especially when using a high compression ratio.
What is water injection in Tamil?
Water injection in Tamil is நீர் உட்செலுத்துதல். See Water injection meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is water injection?
Water injection is a noun.

Words near water injection in the dictionary

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