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distributive

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dis·trib·u·tive  (d-strby-tv)
adj.
1.
a. Of, relating to, or involving distribution.
b. Serving to distribute.
2. Mathematics Of or relating to a rule that the same product results in multiplication when performed on a set of numbers as when performed on members of the set individually. If a × (b + c) = a × b + a × c, then × is distributive over +.
3. Grammar Referring to each individual or entity of a group separately rather than collectively, as every in the sentence Every employee attended the meeting.
n.
A distributive word or term.

dis·tribu·tive·ly adv.
dis·tribu·tive·ness n.

distributive [dɪˈstrɪbjʊtɪv]
adj
1. characterized by or relating to distribution
2. (Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar referring separately to the individual people or items in a group, as the words each and every
n
1. (Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar a distributive word
2. (Mathematics) Maths able to be distributed: multiplication is distributive over addition
distributively  adv
distributiveness  n

distributive  (d-strby-tv)
Relating to the property of multiplication over division which states that applying multiplication to a set of quantities that are combined by addition yields the same result as applying multiplication to each quantity individually and then adding those results together. Thus 2 × (3 + 4) is equal to (2 × 3) + (2 × 4). See also associativecommutative
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.distributive - serving to distribute or allot or disperse
distributed - spread out or scattered about or divided up
divided - separated into parts or pieces; "opinions are divided"
collective - forming a whole or aggregate
Translations
distributive [dɪsˈtrɪbjʊtɪv]
A. ADJdistributivo
B. N (Ling) → adjetivo m distributivo
C. CPD distributive trade Ncomercio m de distribución
distributive (Gram)
adjdistributiv
nDistributivum nt
distributive [dɪsˈtrɪbjʊtɪv] adj (Comm, Gram) → distributivo/a
distributive law (Math) → legge f di distribuzione
distributive [dɪsˈtrɪbjʊtɪv] adj (Comm, Gram) → distributivo/a
distributive law (Math) → legge f di distribuzione


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Therefore for all persons to say the same thing was their own, using the word all in its distributive sense, would be well, but is impossible: in its collective sense it would by no means contribute to the concord of the state.
The company having now pretty well satisfied their thirst, nothing remained but to pay the reckoning, a circumstance often productive of much mischief and discontent among the inferior rank of gentry, who are apt to find great difficulty in assessing the sum, with exact regard to distributive justice, which directs that every man shall pay according to the quantity which he drinks.
To say the truth, I had conceived a few scruples with relation to the distributive justice of princes upon those occasions.
 
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