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distributor|dɪsˈtrɪbjʊtə(r)|
Also 6 -our, 6–9 -er.
[orig. f. distribute v. + -er; conformed to L. distribūtor, agent-n. f. distribuĕre: cf. F. distributeur (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. One who distributes: see the verb.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W.) ii. xxxi. 105 b, So true & feythfull a distributer of the counselles & graces of god. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. iii. 17 (R.) My derelye beloued sonne, the..distributer of my goodnes towardes you. 1578Chr. Prayers in Priv. Prayers (1851) 559 Faithful distributours of right and justice to the poor commons of this Realm. 1614B. Jonson Barth. Fair v. ii, A deuourer, in stead of a distributer of the alms. 1738Warburton Div. Legat. I. 70 The equal Distributer of Rewards and Punishments. 1752Johnson Rambler No. 204 ⁋2 Seged..the distributor of the waters of the Nile. 1884H. Spencer in Contemp. Rev. July 42 Entire classes of producers and distributors, which have arisen through division of labour. 1888[see distributing].
2. a. That which distributes; an appliance for distributing.
1853Catal. R. Agric. Soc. Show 76 The best broadcast manure distributor exhibited. 1864Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XXV. ii. 525 Put manure on with distributor. 1881Huxley in Nature No. 615. 345 The parts of the machine are merely passive distributors of that power.
b. spec. An electric cable from which lines run to the premises of individual consumers.
1901C. H. Wordingham Central Electr. Stations xviii. 186 The system of distributors should be as flexible as possible, since it is always preferable to lay them under the footways and near the buildings. 1929G. W. Stubbings Underground Cable Systems vi. 71 The pressure drop in a distributor is fixed by the statutory limitations; in a feeder it is governed by economic conditions only. 1967H. Cotton Adv. Electr. Technol. iii. 101 The main consideration in the design of distributors is the voltage drop.
c. A device in an internal combustion engine that passes the current to each sparking plug in turn so as to maintain the correct firing order of the cylinders; also attrib.
1905T. H. Hawley Motor Ignition Appliances v. 29 The high-tension discharge from B, instead of going to the sparking plug direct, must first find the path open through the four-point distributor D. 1925Morris Owner's Man. iv. 44 The distributor, the distributor rotating arm, and—at the driving end of the magneto—the end cover, should..be removed, wiped clean, and polished with a fine dry cloth. 1964J. Griffiths Your Car xi. 119 The distributor itself is simply a kind of switch, with a rotating arm that conveys the high-voltage supply from the coil to each of the sparking plugs. Ibid., The contact breaker, condenser, and rotor arm are all part of the distributor unit, and are revealed by lifting off the distributor cap.
3. † Applied by Puttenham to the figure of speech whereby the elements of a description, or the like, are set forth one by one. Obs.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xix. (Arb.) 230 A figure very meete for Orators..when we may..vtter a matter in one entier speach..and will rather do it peecemeale and by distribution of euery part..and therefore I name him the distributor. Marg. Merismus, or the Distributer.
Hence diˈstributorship, office of distributor.
1825New Monthly Mag. XVI. 60 How did he get his stamp distributorship? |