water injection (English, noun)
expansion: water injection (uncountable)
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glosses: The process of squirting a small amount of water, in the form of a fine spray, into the air/fuel mixture going into a gasoline piston engine, in order to cool the engine cylinders, and, thereby, reduce detonation or knocking in high performance engines, especially when using a high compression ratio.
tags: uncountable
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The process of squirting water into the combustion chamber of a jet engine to allow it to produce greater thrust, partly from the production of high-pressure steam and partly from the cooling effect of the water allowing the engine to burn a greater quantity of fuel without overheating.
tags: uncountable
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