DISTRIBUTOR

distributor, distributer, electrical distributor

(noun) electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence

distributor

(noun) a company that markets merchandise; “his company is a large distributor of software products”

allocator, distributor

(noun) a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion

distributor, distributer

(noun) someone who markets merchandise

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

distributor (plural distributors)

One who or that which distributes.

A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.

(printing, historical) A machine for distributing type.

(printing, historical) An appliance, such as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*trib"u*tor, n. [L.] One that distributes; a distributer; specif.: (a) A machine for distributing type. (b) An appliance, as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink. (c) An apparatus for distributing an electric current, either to various points in rotation, as in some motors, or along two or more lines in parallel, as in a distributing system.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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