distributer








noun

  1. distributor.

noun

  1. a person or thing that distributes.
  2. Commerce.
    1. a person, firm, etc., engaged in the general distribution or marketing of some article or class of goods.
    2. a wholesaler who has exclusive rights to market, within a given territory, the goods of a manufacturer or company.
  3. Automotive, Machinery. a device in a multicylinder engine that distributes the igniting voltage to the spark plugs in a definite sequence.
  4. Printing.
    1. (in a press) one of the rollers for spreading ink on the table, rolling it to a proper consistency, and transferring it to rollers that ink the form or plate.
    2. Also called distributor bar.(in a Linotype) a bar with keylike cuts along its length, for sorting matrices into their proper magazines after type has been cast.

noun

  1. a person or thing that distributes
  2. a wholesaler or middleman engaged in the distribution of a category of goods, esp to retailers in a specific area
  3. the device in a petrol engine that distributes the high-tension voltage to the sparking plugs in the sequence of the firing order
n.

1520s, distributer (Latinized form is from 1570s), agent noun from Latin distribuere (see distribution). As a part in an internal combustion engine, from 1905.

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