Look up: distributor

1. distributor
   A person or company that supplies products to a retailer through a distribution center.
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2. distributor
   [n] - someone who markets merchandise 2. [n] - a company that markets merchandise 3. [n] - electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence
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3. distributor
   Device used in the ignition system of some multi-cylinder machines to send the high tension part of the correct cylinder.
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4. Distributor
   Overseas agent which sells for a supplier directly and maintains an inventory of the supplier's products.
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5. Distributor
   A business operation that provides music product from record manufacturers to one stops, rackjobbers, retail and other outlets for ultimate sale to consumers. Distributors often provide marketing and promotion support to record labels and retailers.
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6. Distributor
   The middle section of the chain of production-distribution-exhibition in the film industry. The distributor buys, then re-sells or rents a film property. They are crucially responsible for marketing individual films or videos.
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7. distributor
   device for controlling fluid flow, for example into and out of piston engine cylinder or into/out of aerostat, for example airship; 2)device for passing the ignition current to each cylinder of an engine at the beginning of the firing stroke Category: Mechanical engineering • devices of ...
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8. Distributor
   Dis·trib'u·tor noun [ Latin ] One that distributes; a distributer; specif.: (a) A machine for distributing type. (b) An appliance, as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink. (c) An apparatus for distributing an elect...
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9. distributor
   distributer noun electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence
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10. distributor
    noun a company that markets merchandise; `his company is a large distributor of software products`
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11. distributor
    distributer noun someone who markets merchandise
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12. Distributor
    A business that purchases your products for resale to wholesale and retail outlets. Distributors expect to receive a significant discount for providing the distribution service of getting your factory produced products to the end users.
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13. Distributor
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) A machine for distributing type. • (n.) An appliance, as a roller, in a printing press, for di...
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14. distributor
    (from the article `ignition system`) ...a distributor, and a set of spark plugs. The storage battery provides an electric current of low voltage (usually 12 volts) that is converted by ... ...it is again grounded. Rotation of the circuit-breaker cam opens and closes the primary circuit. The secondary circuit, consisting of several ... ...
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15. Distributor
    A company or person that distributes a manufacturer's goods to retailers. The terms 'wholesaler' and 'jobber' are sometimes used to describe distributors.
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16. Distributor
    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 ...
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17. distributor
    
    • someone who markets merchandise
    • a person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion
    
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18. Distributor
    When a film is produced and sent to market it is apportioned and/or delivered to various theatres. The `distribution` company usually disperses the film for a flat-rate or for a percentage of the products' profit. In some case the distribution company will purchase the rights to the film outright fr...
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19. Distributor
    In a car, the distributor distributes electrical pulses to the spark plugs.
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20. distributor
    Device in the ignition system of a piston engine that distributes pulses of high-voltage electricity to the spark plugs in the cylinders. The electricity is passed to the plug leads by the tip of a rotor arm, driven by the engine camshaft, and current is fed to the rotor arm from the ignition coil. The distributor also houses the contact point ...
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