What does distributor mean?

The distributor consists of circuit breaker, distributor, capacitor and ignition advance adjustment mechanism. It is a part of the ignition system of gasoline engine, and regularly delivers high-voltage current to the spark plugs of each cylinder according to the ignition sequence of each cylinder. The distributor is used to connect and disconnect the low-voltage circuit, so that the ignition coil generates high-voltage current. According to the ignition sequence of the engine, the high-voltage electricity is distributed to the spark sockets of each cylinder within a specified time to ignite the mixture. Distributors are mainly used in traditional ignition systems and ordinary electronic ignition systems, and have basically been eliminated. At present, all automobile engines basically cancel the distributor, which is the so-called distributor-free microcomputer-controlled ignition system.