Distributor point and Tangency

Distributor point noun - A contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs.

Tangency and distributor point are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tangency" instead a noun phrase "Distributor point".

Tangency noun - The state of being tangent; having contact at a single point or along a line without crossing.

Distributor point and tangency are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Distributor point" with "Tangency", this terms are similar.