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DISTRIBUTER

English dictionary: Word overview

DISTRIBUTER (noun)
  The noun DISTRIBUTER has 2 senses:

1. someone who markets merchandise
2. electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence

  Familiarity information: DISTRIBUTER used as a noun is rare.


English dictionary: Word details


DISTRIBUTER (noun)


Sense 1distributer [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Someone who markets merchandise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

distributer; distributor

Hypernyms ("distributer" is a kind of...):

provider; supplier (someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "distributer"):

jobber; middleman; wholesaler (someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers)

retail merchant; retailer (a merchant who sells goods at retail)

ship chandler (a dealer in equipment and supplies for ships)

wool stapler (a dealer in wool)


Sense 2distributer [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

electrical distributor; distributer; distributor

Hypernyms ("distributer" is a kind of...):

electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)

Meronyms (parts of "distributer"):

capacitance; capacitor; condenser; electrical condenser (an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge)

distributor cam (the cam inside the distributor that rotates to contact spark plug terminals in the correct order)

distributor cap (the cap of the distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the spark plugs)

breaker point; distributor point; point (a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs)

rotor (the revolving bar of a distributor)

Holonyms ("distributer" is a part of...):

ignition; ignition system (the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine)


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