# Distributive vs Distributively - What's the difference?

distributive | distributively |

is relating to distribution.

## As a noun distributive

is (grammar) a distributive adjective or pronoun.

## As an adverb distributively is

in a distributive manner.

# distributive

## English

• 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 $f\left(a, g\left(b,c\right)\right) = g\left(f\left(a,b\right), f\left(a,c\right)\right)$.
If the operation $\star$ is distributive with respect to the operation $\circ$, then $a \star \left(b \circ c\right) = \left(a \star b\right) \circ \left(a \star c\right)$.
• (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)

#### Derived terms

* distributive lattice

### Noun

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