distribution

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An act of distributing or state of being distributed.

2. 2

   An apportionment by law (of funds, property).

3. 3

   The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including…

   The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.

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   1. 4

      Anything distributed

      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
   2. 5

      The result of distributing

      The result of distributing; arrangement.

      • A group of Thai researchers found the spider during an expedition to Phang-Nga province in southern Thailand to research the diversity and distribution of tarantulas in the country.
   3. 6

      The total number of something sold or delivered to the clients.

      • The distribution of my little rock magazine is about 3,000.
   4. 7

      The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.

   5. 8

      The apportionment of income or wealth in a population.

      • The wealth distribution became extremely skewed in the kleptocracy.
   6. 9

      The way in which a player's hand is divided in suits, or in which a particular suit is…

      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.
   7. 10

      A probability distribution

      A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.

      • Similarly, the brain-penetrating Hrh2 antagonist zolantidine had no effect on light-induced phase shift as shown for hamsters, or the lengths or distributions of NREM, REM and wakefulness states as shown on rats.
   8. 11

      A subset of the tangent bundle of a manifold that satisfies certain properties

      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.

   9. 12

      A set of bundled software components.

      • a Linux distribution
   10. 13

       The process or result of the sale of securities, especially their placement among…

       The process or result of the sale of securities, especially their placement among investors with long-term investment strategies.

   11. 14

       The resolution of a whole into its parts.

   12. 15

       The process of sorting the types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.

   13. 16

       The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at…

       The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston: admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.

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       A rhetorical technique in which a subject is divided into multiple cases based on some…

       A rhetorical technique in which a subject is divided into multiple cases based on some property or properties, and each case is addressed individually.

       • It is alſo called a diſtribucion, when we diuide the whole, into ſeuerall partes, and ſaie we haue foure poynctes, whereof we purpoſe to ſpeake, compꝛehendyng our whole talke within compaſſe of theſame.
       • Diſtribution, in Rhetoric, a Kind of Deſcription; or a Figure, whereby an orderly Diviſion, and Enumeration is made of the principal Qualities of a Subject.

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