distributor meaning
ENWDistributor
- A distributor is a device in the ignition system of an internal combustion engine that routes high voltage from the ignition coil to the spark plugs in the correct firing order.
- NounPLdistributorsPREdis-
- One who distributes, a thing that 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.
- One who distributes, a thing that distributes.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Notably, though, for all of the product’s pop-culture spongeworthiness, the new distributor has only modest sales expectations.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of distributor in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "distributor" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.