distribution

dis·tri·bu·tion  (dstr-byshn)

n.

1. The act of distributing or the condition of being distributed; apportionment.

2. Something distributed; an allotment.

3. The act of dispersing or the condition of being dispersed; diffusion.

4.

a. The geographic occurrence or range of an organism.

b. The geographic occurrence or range of a custom, usage, or other feature.

5. Division into categories; classification.

6. The process of marketing and supplying goods, especially to retailers.

7. A spatial or temporal array of objects or events: the distribution of theaters on Broadway.

8. Law The division of an estate or property among rightful heirs.

9. Statistics A set of numbers and their frequency of occurrence collected from measurements over a statistical population.

10. Mathematics A generalized function used in the study of partial differential equations.

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distri·bution·al adj.

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distribution

Noun

1. the delivering of leaflets, mail, etc., to individual people or organizations

2. the sharing out of something among a particular group

3. the arrangement or spread of anything over an area, space, or period of time: the unequal distribution of wealth

4. Commerce the process of satisfying the demand for goods and services

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	distribution - (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence statistical distribution organization, arrangement, organisation, system - an organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" equidistribution - a flat distribution having equal frequencies of occurrence statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters frequency distribution - a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable Gaussian distribution, normal distribution - a theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance Poisson distribution - a theoretical distribution that is a good approximation to the binomial distribution when the probability is small and the number of trials is large sample distribution, sampling, sample - items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population Bernoulli distribution, binomial distribution - a theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success
	2.	distribution - the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume; "worldwide in distribution"; "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution" dispersion spatial arrangement, spacing - the property possessed by an array of things that have space between them complementary distribution, complementation - (linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts diaspora - the dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture) dissemination, diffusion - the property of being diffused or dispersed innervation - the distribution of nerve fibers to an organ or body region scatter, spread - a haphazard distribution in all directions compactness, concentration, denseness, density, tightness - the spatial property of being crowded together
	3.	distribution - the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning human action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happen assigning, assignment - the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum" redistribution - distributing again; "the revolution resulted in a redistribution of wealth" dispensation - the act of dispensing (giving out in portions) apportioning, apportionment, parceling, parcelling, assignation, allocation, allotment - the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state" deal - the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise" revenue sharing - distribution of part of the federal tax income to states and municipalities share-out, sharing - a distribution in shares
	4.	distribution - the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) marketing - the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service; "most companies have a manager in charge of marketing"

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distribution

noun 1. delivery, mailing, transport, transportation, handling

noun 2. Economics sharing, division, assignment, rationing, allocation, partition, allotment, dispensation, apportionment

noun 3. spreading, circulation, diffusion, scattering, propagation, dissemination, dispersal, dispersion

noun 4. spread, organization, arrangement, location, placement, disposition

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1. The arrangement of troops for any purpose, such as a battle, march, or maneuver.
2. A planned pattern of projectiles about a point.
3. A planned spread of fire to cover a desired frontage or depth.
4. An official delivery of anything, such as orders or supplies.
5. The operational process of synchronizing all elements of the logistic system to deliver the "right things" to the "right place" at the "right time" to support the geographic combatant commander.
6. The process of assigning military personnel to activities, units, or billets.

Translations

distribution [dɪstrɪˈbjuːʃən] n → distribución f

distribution [dɪstrɪˈbjuːʃən] distribute n → distribution f

distribution [dɪstrɪˈbjuːʃən] distribute n → Vertrieb m;

(of profits) → Aufteilung f

distribution [dɪstrɪˈbjuːʃən] n → distribuzione f