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   injection

   /ɪnˈdʒɛkʃn/

   noun

   • 1. an instance of injecting or being injected: "painkilling injections" Similar inoculationvaccinationvaccineimmunizationjabshotboosterdoseinformal:hypefixhitpopadministrationintroduction
   • ▪ a thing that is injected: "a morphine injection" Similar inoculationvaccinationvaccineimmunizationjabshotboosterdoseinformal:hypefixhitpop
   • ▪ the action of injecting: "the walls have been damp-proofed by injection" Similar administrationintroductionintroductioninstillinginfusionimbuinginculcation
   • ▪ short for fuel injection
   • 2. the entry or placing of a spacecraft or other object into an orbit or trajectory.
   • 3. a one-to-one mapping.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin injectio(n-), from the verb inicere (see inject).

   Scrabble Points: 18

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