distribution

Main Entry:: dis·tri·bu·tion
Pronunciation:: \ˌdis-trə-ˈbyü-shən\
Function:: noun
Date:: 14th century

1 a: the act or process of distributing b: the apportionment by a court of the personal property of an intestate2 a: the position, arrangement, or frequency of occurrence (as of the members of a group) over an area or throughout a space or unit of time b: the natural geographic range of an organism3 a: something distributed: as (1): a sum of money withdrawn from a fund (as a retirement fund) and given to the beneficiary or holder of the fund (2): dividend 1a b (1): frequency distribution (2): probability function (3): probability density function 24: the pattern of branching and termination of a ramifying structure (as a nerve)5: the marketing or merchandising of commodities

— dis·tri·bu·tion·al

\-shnəl, -shə-n^əl\ adjective

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