DISTRIBUTOR CAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does distributor cam mean? 

• DISTRIBUTOR CAM (noun)
  The noun DISTRIBUTOR CAM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DISTRIBUTOR CAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISTRIBUTOR CAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("distributor cam" is a kind of...):

cam (a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion)

Holonyms ("distributor cam" is a part of...):

distributer; distributor; electrical distributor (electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence)