Distribution

Noun



 * 1) An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
 * 2) An apportionment by law (of funds, property).
 * 3)  The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.
 * 4) The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.
 * 5) Anything distributed; portion; share
 * 6) The result of distributing; arrangement.
 * 7)  A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.
 * 8)  A set of bundled software components; distro.
 * 9)  The apportionment of income or wealth in a population.
 * The wealth distribution became extremely skewed in the kleptocracy.
 * 1)  The process or result of the sale of securities, especially their placement among investors with long-term investment strategies.

Adjectives for Distribution
wide; general; equitable; liberal; wasteful; scientific; social; impracticable; ultimate; uniform; respective; symmetrical; rude; democratic; extensive; unlimited; lavish; indiscriminate; geographical; high; low; visible.

Verbs for Distribution
arrange—; bless with—; comprehend—; control—; effect—; enjoy—; increase—; influence—; mention—; prepare for—; prevent—; reject—; sanction—; urge—; — bates; —aids; —disposes; —enriches; — involves; —reduces.

Synonyms for Distribution
allotment, dispensation, deal, division, arrangement, partition, dole, apportionment, classification, disposal.

Antonyms for Distribution
collection, maintenance, preservation, hoard, storage, retention, storing.

Related terms

 * distributee
 * distributive
 * distributor

Derived terms

 * distributional
 * distributionism
 * frequency distribution
 * income distribution


 * multidistribution
 * property distribution
 * stable distribution


 * probability distribution
 * tempered distribution

Thesaurus
administration, allocation, allotment, apportionment, arrangement, array, arraying, assignment, attenuation, broadcast, broadcasting, cataloguing, circulation, circumfusion, classification, codification, collation, collocation, constitution, deployment, diffraction, diffusion, dilution, disbursal, disbursement, dispensation, dispersal, dispersion, disposal, disposition, dissemination, dissipation, divergence, division, dole, doling, doling out, evaporation, expansion, form, formation, formulation, fragmentation, giving out, grouping, issuance, marshaling, order, ordering, passing around, paying out, peppering, placement, propagation, publication, radiation, regimentation, scattering, scatterment, sequence, sharing, shotgun pattern, sowing, spattering, splay, spread, spreading, sprinkling, strewing, structuring, syntax, volatilization

Etymology
From distributio, from distribuere 'to distribute', itself from dis- 'apart' + tribuere 'to ' (from tribus).

Translations

 * Bulgarian: разпределяне
 * Croatian:, ,
 * Dutch: distributie, uitdeling, verdeling
 * Esperanto:, distribuado
 * Estonian: jaotus
 * Finnish: levittäminen, levitys, levikki, jako, jakaminen
 * German:, ,


 * Greek: διανομή
 * Italian:
 * Polish: dystrybucja
 * Russian:, , распределение
 * Spanish: distribución
 * Swedish: distribution, fördelning


 * Dutch: opdeling, verdeling
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Greek: κατανομή, μοιρασιά
 * Swedish: fördelning


 * Bulgarian: разпространение
 * Croatian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:


 * German: ,
 * Greek: διανομή
 * Swedish: distribution


 * Bulgarian: разпределение
 * Croatian: ,
 * Dutch: (ver)spreiding
 * Esperanto: disvastiĝo
 * Finnish:


 * German:, ,
 * Greek: κατανομή
 * Swedish: distribution, fördelning


 * Dutch: distributie, uitdeling
 * Estonian: jaotis
 * Finnish: ,


 * German:, ,
 * Greek: διανομή
 * Swedish: tilldelning, utdelning


 * Bulgarian: разпределение
 * Dutch: opdeling, verdeling
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,


 * Greek: κατανομή
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: distribution, fördelning


 * Bulgarian: разпределение
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,


 * Greek: κατανομή
 * Hungarian: eloszlás
 * Italian:
 * Polish: rozkład
 * Russian: распределение
 * Swedish: fördelning


 * : distribution
 * : Verteilung
 * : הפצה (hafatza), חלוקה (khaluqa)
 * : distribusi, alokasi, pembagian, penyebaran
 * : distribuzione
 * : 配布 (はいふ, haifu), 配分 (はいぶん, haibun), 分布 (ぶんぷ, bunpu)


 * : pasiskirstymas
 * : വിതരണം (vitharaNam)
 * : brytnung
 * : (tozia)
 * : distribuição
 * : porazdelitev, distribucija
 * : distribución
 * : పంపకము (పంచు, పంచిపెట్టు - క్రియలు)

Etymology
From Classical distributio, from distribuere 'to distribute', itself from dis- 'apart' + tribuere 'to ' (from tribus).

Noun
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 * 1) A distribution
 * 2) A physical arrangement, spacing

Related terms

 * distribuable
 * distribuer
 * distributaire
 * distributeur
 * distributif
 * distributivement

Noun

 * 1) distribution, dissemination
 * 2)  a distribution, generalized function
 * 3)  a distribution

Synonyms

 * spridning
 * statistics
 * fördelning