distributer
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| Noun | 1. | distributer - someone who markets merchandise 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 |
| 2. | distributer - electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence capacitor, condenser, electrical condenser, capacitance - 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 electrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricity ignition system, ignition - the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine rotor - the revolving bar of a distributor |
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