Distribution Definition

dĭstrə-byo͝oshən
distributions
noun
distributions
A distributing or being distributed.
Webster's New World
Something distributed; an allotment.
Distributions from a retirement account.
American Heritage
A spatial or temporal array of objects or events, especially:
American Heritage

The result of distributing; arrangement.

Wiktionary
The relative arrangement of the elements of a statistical population based on some criterion, as frequency, time, or location.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Distribution

Noun

Singular:
distribution
Plural:
distributions

Origin of Distribution

  • From Old French, from Latin distributio, from distribuere 'to distribute', itself from dis- 'apart' + tribuere 'to ' (from tribus).

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Distribution Sentence Examples

  • The whole distribution system broke down.

  • We won't talk at this point about the distribution of that wealth; that will come later.

  • There is an optimal distribution that can be achieved.

  • The higher authorities and the police organized the distribution of goods left behind by the French.

  • The question of the distribution of this stored energy to the separate protoplasts of the plant can be seen to be the same problem as the distribution of the food.

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Words Starting With

DDIDIS

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With D and Ending With N

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12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With D12 Letter Words Ending With N