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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 plugsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DISTRIBUTOR POINT (noun)


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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