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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
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)
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