fuel injection

noun

: a usually electronically controlled system for injecting a precise amount of atomized fuel into the cylinders or the intake airstream of an internal combustion engine

fuel-injected

ˈfyül-in-ˈjek-təd 

adjective

Examples of fuel injection in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Cars started morphing into computers in the 1970s, when new emissions standards made electronic systems necessary to manage ignition and fuel injection. — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026

That required doubling the engine speed to a heady 3,800 rpm, replacing the pushrod valves with double overhead camshafts for better control over timing, and moving to direct fuel injection at much higher pressure than the production engine. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026

Electronic fuel injection dramatically improved fuel metering, engine reliability, emissions and cold-start performance. — Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

The extreme conditions place tremendous stress on materials and components, while demanding highly precise fuel injection systems that can operate in less than a millisecond. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fuel injection

• circumspection
• disaffection
• disconnection
• disinfection
• dorsiflexion
• imperfection
• indirection
• insurrection
• intellection
• interjection
• intersection
• introjection