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distributed | distributive |

As a verb distributed

is past tense of distribute.

As an adjective distributive is

relating to distribution.

As a noun distributive is

a distributive adjective or pronoun.

distributed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (distribute)

    • distribute

    English

    Verb

    (distribut)
  • (senseid)To divide into portions and dispense.
    • He distributed the bread amongst his followers.
  • (senseid)To supply to retail outlets.
    • The agency distributes newspapers to local shops.
  • (senseid)To deliver or pass out.
    • A network of children distributes flyers to every house.
  • (senseid)To scatter or spread.
    • I raked the soil then distributed grass seed.
  • (senseid)To apportion (more or less evenly).
    • The robot's six legs distributed its weight over a wide area.
  • (senseid)To classify or separate into categories.
    • The database distributed verbs into transitive and intransitive segments.
  • (senseid)(mathematics) To be distributive.
  • (printing) To separate (type which has been used) and return it to the proper boxes in the cases.
  • (printing) To spread (ink) evenly, as upon a roller or a table.
  • (logic) To employ (a term) in its whole extent; to take as universal in one premise.
  • * Whately
    • A term is said to be distributed when it is taken universal, so as to stand for everything it is capable of being applied to.

    Derived terms

    * distributable * distribution * distributionism * distributism * distributivism * distributivity * distributor

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    distributive

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating to distribution.
  • Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
    • distributive justice
    (Jonathan Swift)
  • (mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.
    • If function f'' is distributive with respect to function ''g , then f(a, g(b,c)) = g(f(a,b), f(a,c)).
    If the operation \star is distributive with respect to the operation \circ, then a \star (b \circ c) = (a \star b) \circ (a \star c) .
  • (logic) Assigning the species of a general term.
  • (grammar) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.
    • a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as "each", "either", or "every"
    a distributive numeral, such as Latin "bini" (two by two)

    Related terms

    * distributive justice

    Derived terms

    * distributive lattice

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) A distributive adjective or pronoun.
  • (math) A distributive numeral.