EGAVE

injection

About 16.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
  2. noun A specimen prepared by injection.
  3. noun A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.
  4. noun The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.
  5. noun The supply of additional funding to a person or a business.
    The troubled business received a much-needed cash injection.
  6. noun A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.
  7. 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.
    a SQL injection exploit allowing a malicious user to modify a database query
  8. 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.

Similar words

injectant shot injector injectable inject parenteral dose vaccination immunisation infusion

Often followed by

of and is into in site molding or system

Word family

injections

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