distributor

1. Someone who markets merchandise (synset 110038586)
   is a type of: provider, supplier - someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
   subtypes:

   • jobber, middleman, wholesaler - someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers
   • retail merchant, retailer - a merchant who sells goods at retail
   • ship chandler - a dealer in equipment and supplies for ships
   • wool stapler - a dealer in wool
   same as: distributer
2. A person with authority to allot or deal out or apportion (synset 109804148)
   is a type of: authority - (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
   same as: allocator
3. A company that markets merchandise (synset 108078741)
   "his company is a large distributor of software products"
   is a type of: company - an institution created to conduct business
   subtypes:

   • direct mailer - a distributor who uses direct mail to sell merchandise
   • retail chain - a chain of retail stores
4. Electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence (synset 103217717)
   is a type of: electrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricity
   has:

   • capacitance, capacitor, condenser, electrical condenser - an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge
   • distributor cam - the cam inside the distributor that rotates to contact spark plug terminals in the correct order
   • distributor cap - the cap of the distributor that holds in place the wires from the distributor to the spark plugs
   • breaker point, distributor point, point - a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
   • rotor - the revolving bar of a distributor
   is a part of: ignition, ignition system - the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion engine
   same as: distributer, electrical distributor

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