NOUN | artifact | breaker point, distributor point, point | a contact in the distributor |
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Meaning | A contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs. | |
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Synonyms | distributor point, point | |
Part of | distributor, distributer, electrical distributor | electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence |
Broader | contact, tangency | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors / conductors) touch or are in physical contact |
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