injection

The act of injecting, or something that is injected.

A specimen prepared by injection.

Category theory, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.

Business, Construction, Manufacturing The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.

Figuratively The supply of additional funding to a person or a business.

Mathematics, Sciences A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.

The insertion of program code into an application, URL, hardware, etc.; especially when malicious or when the target is not designed for such insertion.

Aerospace, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Space science 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.

Mathematics, Sciences, Set theory A function that maps distinct x in the domain to distinct y in the codomain; formally, a f: X → Y such that f(a) = f(b) implies a = b for any a, b in the domain.

Medicine, Sciences Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle.

Medicine, Sciences Congestion (of a body part, with blood or other fluid), such as hyperemia.

Fuel injection: the pressurized introduction of fuel into a cylinder.

The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.

The cold water thrown into a condenser to produce a vacuum.