injector

injector has 3 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. One who, or that which, injects.
• n.. 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 Giffard's injector, from the inventor.
• n.. a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.)