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DISTRIBUTOR POINT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does distributor point mean?
• DISTRIBUTOR POINT (noun)
The noun DISTRIBUTOR POINT has 1 sense:
1. a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
Familiarity information: DISTRIBUTOR POINT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
breaker point; distributor point; point
Hypernyms ("distributor point" is a kind of...):
contact; tangency ((electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact)
Holonyms ("distributor point" 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)
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