distributor cam

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

   Broadercam

   Part ofdistributor

Questions about distributor cam

What does distributor cam mean?

distributor cam means "the cam inside the distributor that rotates to contact spark plug terminals in the correct order".

Is distributor cam a common word?

distributor cam is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.