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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•trib•u•tor /dɪˈstrɪbyətɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person or thing that distributes.
- Businessa firm or company that markets a line of merchandise generally or within a given territory:the beer distributor for the county.
- Automotive, Mechanical Engineeringa device in an engine that distributes the electricity to the spark plugs.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•trib•u•tor (di strib′yə tər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that distributes.
- Business[Com.]
- a person, firm, etc., engaged in the general distribution or marketing of some article or class of goods.
- a wholesaler who has exclusive rights to market, within a given territory, the goods of a manufacturer or company.
- Automotive, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineeringa device in a multicylinder engine that distributes the igniting voltage to the spark plugs in a definite sequence.
- [Print.]
- Printing(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.
- PrintingAlso called distrib′utor bar′. (in a Linotype) a bar with keylike cuts along its length, for sorting matrices into their proper magazines after type has been cast.
Also, distributer. - Late Latin distribūtor. See distribute, -tor
- 1520–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: distributor, distributer /dɪˈstrɪbjʊtə/ n - a person or thing that distributes
- a wholesaler or middleman engaged in the distribution of a category of goods, esp to retailers in a specific area
- the device in a petrol engine that distributes the high-tension voltage to the sparking plugs in the sequence of the firing order
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