distribˈutary adjective

Distributing

1. A branch of a distributing system
2. An off-flow from a river that does not return to it (eg in a delta)

distributeeˈ noun (US law)

A person who shares in the estate of a deceased person

distributer noun see distributor below

distribuˈtion noun

1. The act or process of distributing
2. Dispersal
3. The business activity of transferring goods from the producer to the consumer, incl packaging, transport and warehousing
4. Division
5. Range
6. Allotment
7. Classification
8. The application of a general term to all the objects denoted by it (logic)
9. The manner in which the products of industry are shared among the people (economics)
10. The range of values of a variable presented in terms of frequency (statistics)

distribuˈtional adjective

distribˈutive adjective

1. That distributes, separates or divides
2. Giving to each his own
3. Referring individually to all members of a group, as the words each, every, either, neither (grammar)
4. (of a general term) applying to all objects denoted by it (logic)
5. Such that a.(x+y+z+…)=a.x+a.y+a.z+… (mathematics)

A distributive word, like each or every, that indicates the several individuals of a number taken separately

distribˈutively adverb

distribˈutiveness noun

distribˈutor or distribˈuter noun

1. Someone who or something that distributes
2. An agent, or middleman, between the manufacturer and the retailer or customer, a wholesaler, a retailer
3. A device in a petrol engine whereby a high tension current is transmitted in correct sequence to the sparking plugs

distributed logic noun (computing)

A system that allows the performance of central processing unit operations by a number of remote terminals rather than by the central unit

distributed processing noun (computing)

The use of an array processor to allow any machine instruction to operate on a number of data locations simultaneously

distributed system noun (computing)

A system of computers connected by a network with each major function of the system being assigned to a different computer

distribution coefficient noun (chem)

Same as partition coefficient (see under partition)

geographical distribution see under geography