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appearance as argument number 1

(documentation Distributor EnglishLanguage "A mechanical Device that is part of an InternalCombustionEngine that sends electric power to the SparkPlugs at intervals that track the speed of engine rotation. They have been largely superceded in modern Automobile engines by electronic devices.")	Cars.kif 2252-2255
(subclass Distributor Device)	Cars.kif 2250-2250	Distributor is a subclass of device

appearance as argument number 2

(termFormat EnglishLanguage Distributor "distributor")

Cars.kif 2251-2251

antecedent

(=>
    (instance ?D Distributor)
    (hasPurpose ?D
        (exists (?SP ?S ?O ?R ?E)
            (and
                (instance ?E Engine)
                (instance ?SP SparkPlug)
                (instance ?S Spark)
                (part ?O ?D)
                (part ?D ?E)
                (part ?SP ?E)
                (instance ?R Rotating)
                (causes ?R ?S)))))

Cars.kif 2257-2269

If a physical is an instance of distributor,
then the physical has the purpose there exist an entity, another entity,, , a third entity,, , a fourth entity and a fifth entity such that the fifth entity is an instance of engine and the entity is an instance of spark plug and the other entity is an instance of spark and the third entity is a part of the physical and the physical is a part of the fifth entity and the entity is a part of the fifth entity and the fourth entity is an instance of rotating and the fourth entity causes the other entity

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