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A distributor is a 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 or breaker, which opens
and closes to interrupt the battery current
to the coil, thus triggering the high-voltage
pulses. With electronic ignition
The word "distributor" also refers to
businesses that distrubute items to other
companies in their trade.
Subject by: Darren Wells