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distribution
[ dis-truh-byoo-shuhn ]
noun
- an act or instance of distributing.
- the state or manner of being distributed.
- arrangement; classification.
- something that is distributed.
- the frequency of occurrence or the natural geographic range or place where any item or category of items occurs:
is the distribution of coniferous forests in the world?
- placement, location, arrangement, or disposition:
The distribution of our troops is a military secret.
- apportionment:
The court decided the distribution of the property among the heirs.
- the delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients, as mail or newspapers.
- the total number of an item delivered, sold, or given out:
The distribution of our school paper is now 800.
- the marketing, transporting, merchandising, and selling of any item.
- (in bridge and other card games) the way in which the suits of a deck of cards are, or one specific suit is, divided or apportioned in one player's hand or among the hands of all the players:
My distribution was six spades, four hearts, two clubs, and a singleton diamond.
- Economics.
- the division of the aggregate income of any society among its members, or among the factors of production.
- the system of dispersing goods throughout a community.
- Statistics. a set of values or measurements of a set of elements, each measurement being associated with an element.
- Mathematics. a generalized function used especially in solving differential equations.
distribution
/ ˌɪٰɪˈːʃə /
noun
- the act of distributing or the state or manner of being distributed
- a thing or portion distributed
- arrangement or location
- commerce the process of physically satisfying the demand for goods and services
- economics the division of the total income of a community among its members, esp between labour incomes (wages and salaries) and property incomes (rents, interest, and dividends)
- statistics the set of possible values of a random variable, or points in a sample space, considered in terms of new theoretical or observed frequency
a normal distribution
- law the apportioning of the estate of a deceased intestate among the persons entitled to share in it
- law the lawful division of the assets of a bankrupt among his creditors
- finance
- the division of part of a company's profit as a dividend to its shareholders
- the amount paid by dividend in a particular distribution
- engineering the way in which the fuel-air mixture is supplied to each cylinder of a multicylinder internal-combustion engine
Derived Forms
- ˌ徱ٰˈܳپDzԲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- 徱t·tDz· adjective
- d·ٰ·tDz noun
- ԴDzd·ٰ·tDz noun
- ԴDzd·ٰ·tDz·al adjective
- d·ٰ·tDz noun
- d·ٰ·tDz adjective
- p·徱t·tDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of distribution1
Example Sentences
A conservation manager for the Dorset-based Butterfly Conservation, Steven Lofting, said the new method "has the potential to change our understanding of their biology, distribution, abundance and ecology. It's really exciting."
Francis — a pastor, pope, prophet, and friend who “smelled like his sheep” — taught us through example that working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy.
Bang in the middle of England, Northamptonshire has more storage and distribution centres than anywhere else in the country.
“Its unmatched reach, strong brand, and omnipresent distribution channels mean that it can connect creators, advertisers, and viewers like no other platform can,” MoffettNathanson analysts wrote in their report.
They had a long-running dispute over the distribution of their apps on Apple devices.
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