Crossword clues for distributor
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Distributor \Dis*trib"u*tor\, n. [L.] One that distributes; a distributer; specif.:
A machine for distributing type.
An appliance, as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s, distributer (Latinized form is from 1570s), agent noun from Latin distribuere (see distribution). As a part in an internal combustion engine, from 1905.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 One who distributes, a thing that distributes. 2 A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine. 3 (cx printing historical English) A machine for distributing type. 4 (cx printing historical English) An appliance, such as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink. n. 1 One who distributes, a thing that distributes. 2 A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine. 3 (cx printing historical English) A machine for distributing type. 4 (cx printing historical English) An appliance, such as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.
WordNet
n. someone who markets merchandise [syn: distributer]
a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion [syn: allocator]
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 [syn: distributer, electrical distributor]
Wikipedia
A distributor is a device in the ignition system of an internal combustion engine that routes high voltage from the ignition coil to the spark plugs in the correct firing order. The first reliable battery operated ignition was developed by Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co. (Delco) and introduced in the 1910 Cadillac. This ignition was developed by Charles Kettering and was considered a wonder in its day. Atwater Kent invented his Unisparker ignition system about this time in competition with the Delco system.
Distributor may refer to:
- Distributor, part of the ignition system of an internal combustion engine
- Warehouse distributor, which deals in the wholesale distribution of goods and products
- A distribution (business) company
- Distributor (category theory) in category theory, also known as a profunctor
- Film distributor
- Record distributor
- Eastern Distributor and Western Distributor (Sydney), freeways in Sydney, Australia
Usage examples of "distributor".
And he knew enough people on the manufacturing and distribution side to get his tapes and CDs to the Great British Public without having to rely on the major distributors and shops if his bands were banned on taste grounds.
He could run anybody in the battalion into the ground but the only reason he managed to keep his head above water in his present post was his S-3 sergeant, whose civilian job was operations manager for a large tool and die distributor.
They had previously availed themselves of the free nonaddictive drug that the film distributor had sent along with the tapes.
Hilton for the annual banquet of the Greater Portland Lumber Products Association, interviewing manufacturers of prefab pullmans, plyboard salesmen, and redwood-decking distributors.
Jonas Brenner could spend the rest of life holed up at the Shipwreck with his distributor, for all Pamela cared.
He tore a sheet from the note pad provided by the Byrrh distributors and wrote something on it before folding it two times, sharpening the creases with his thumbnail.
This may prove to be one more source of revenue to content creators and distributors.
A penalty you paid for appointment to the top job in any large company was having to make unpalatable decisions authorizing actions which, if they happened elsewhere or in a vacuum, you would consider unethical and disapprove of, But when you shouldered responsibilities involving so many people, all of them dependent on you-shareholders, directors, executive colleagues, employees, distributors, retailers, customers-it was necessary at times to swallow hard and do what was needed, however tough, unpleasant or repugnant it might seem.
The injunction against exhibitors distributors Kiester and all of them from showing it till this mess is.
When investigators examined her VW, still parked at the library with newly checked-out books on the front seat, they found it had been tampered with, a wire to the distributor disconnected among other actions.
Almost everybody with a stake in the law has lobbyists at work in Tallahasseenot just wealthy phosphate barons and liquor distributors and utility companies, but teachers and conservation groups and the handicapped.
These statutes tend to protect the interests of middlemen - manufacturers, distributors, marketers - rather than the claims of inventors and innovators.
Are content brokers - publishers, distributors, and record companies - a thing of the past?
But distributors, publishers, and record companies are not going to vanish.
Distributors, publishers and record companies also provide logistical support: warehousing, consolidated sales reporting and transaction auditing, and a single, periodic payment.