electrical distributor

1. 1.

   electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence

   Synonymsdistributordistributer

   Broaderelectrical device

   Part ofignition

   Partscapacitordistributor camdistributor capdistributor pointrotor

Questions about electrical distributor

What does electrical distributor mean?

electrical distributor means "electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence".

What is another word for electrical distributor?

Close synonyms include distributor, distributer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is electrical distributor a common word?

electrical distributor 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.