Hypertext Webster Gateway: "distributor"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Distributor \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

distributor
n 1: someone who markets merchandise [syn: {distributer}]
2: a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
[syn: {allocator}]
3: electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark
plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing
sequence [syn: {distributer}, {electrical distributor}]


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