Distributor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Distributor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Distributor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
distributor n someone who markets merchandise [syn: distributor, distributer] a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion Synonym(s): allocator, distributor a company that markets merchandise; "his company is a large distributor of software products" electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence Synonym(s): distributor, distributer, electrical distributor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Distributor \Distrib"utor\, n. [L.] One that distributes; a distributer; specif.: (a) A machine for distributing type. (b) An appliance, as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink. (c) An apparatus for distributing an electric current, either to various points in rotation, as in some motors, or along two or more lines in parallel, as in a distributing system.