injection
/ɪnˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/
Frequency: 3.99 in modern English
Meaning
noun
A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The act of putting a spacecraft into a particular orbit, especially for changing a stable orbit into a transfer orbit, e.g. trans-lunar injection.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "For some indications in PET imaging, it is necessary for radiopharmaceutical injections to be administered contralaterally or pedally to the disease process"
- "The troubled business received a much-needed cash injection."
- "a SQL injection exploit allowing a malicious user to modify a database query"
- "It had been determined that one of the whip turnstile antennas had broken off from Explorer 1 shortly after injection into orbit, so these were eliminated."
- "conjunctival injection"
- "direct injection"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin