Associations to the word «Injection»

INJECTION, noun. The act of injecting, or something that is injected.

INJECTION, noun. (specifically) (medicine) Something injected subcutaneously, intravenously, or intramuscularly by use of a syringe and a needle.

INJECTION, noun. (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.

INJECTION, noun. (mathematics) A relation on sets (X,Y) that associates each element of Y with at most one element of X.

INJECTION, noun. (figuratively) The addition of money to someone, or to a business.

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

INJECTION, noun. A specimen prepared by injection.

INJECTION, noun. (steam engines) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum.

INJECTION, noun. (steam engines) The cold water thrown into a condenser to produce a vacuum.

INJECTION, noun. (category theory) A morphism from either one of the two components of a coproduct to that coproduct.

INJECTION, noun. (Contruction) The act of inserting materials like concrete grout or gravel by using high pressure pumps.

INJECTION, noun. The forceful insertion of a substance under pressure.

INJECTION, noun. Any solution that is injected (as into the skin).

INJECTION, noun. The act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot".