distribution
An act of distributing or state of being distributedAn act of distributing or state of being distributed.
» They argue that the distribution of wealth should be equitable.
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17 senses(countable, uncountable)An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
Distribution, Verbreitung, Austeilung
распростране́ниеrasprostranénije, разда́чаrazdáča, распределе́ниеraspredelénije
розпо́ділrozpódil, розповсю́дженняrozpovsjúdžennja, поши́ренняpošýrennja
the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
(countable, uncountable)An apportionment by law (of funds, property).
Aufteilung
(countable, uncountable)The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.
Distribution, Absatz
дистрибу́ціяdystrybúcija
(countable, uncountable)Anything distributed; portion; share.
December 6, 1709, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd before the sons of the clergy at their anniversary-meeting in the Church of St. Paul our charitable distributions
Streuung, Verbreitung, Aufteilung
(countable, uncountable)The result of distributing; arrangement.
Distribution, Aufteilung
распростране́ниеrasprostranénije
розпо́ділrozpódil
(countable, uncountable)The total number of something sold or delivered to the clients.
The distribution of my little rock magazine is about 3,000.
(countable, uncountable)The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.
Distribution, Verbreitung, Aufteilung
розповсю́дженняrozpovsjúdžennja, поши́ренняpošýrennja
(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
(countable, uncountable)The apportionment of income or wealth in a population.
The wealth distribution became extremely skewed in the kleptocracy.
(countable, uncountable)The way in which a player's hand is divided in suits, or in which a particular suit is divided between the players.
The declarer had 3-6-2-2 distribution.
(countable, uncountable)A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.
Distribution, Gliederung, Aufteilung
распределе́ниеraspredelénije
розпо́ділrozpódil
(countable, uncountable)A subset of the tangent bundle of a manifold that satisfies certain properties; used to construct the notions of integrability and foliation of a manifold.
(countable, uncountable)A set of bundled software components.
a Linux distribution
Examples
39 sentencesThey argue that the distribution of wealth should be equitable.
Ubuntu is a popular Linux distribution.
ruUbuntu — популярный дистрибутив Linux. — namikiri
deUbuntu ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution. — samueldora
I love the distribution of gifts.
They wanted to control the drug distribution network.
The distribution of this product is a little slow.
Translations
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Origin
From Old French distribution, from Latin distributio, from distribuere 'to distribute', itFrom Old French distribution, from Latin distributio, from distribuere 'to distribute', itself from dis- 'apart' + tribuere 'to' (from tribus). By surface analysis, distribute + -ion.
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Forms
plural: distributions| Singular | distribution |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume:dispersion
- (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence:statistical distribution
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
70 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable