| Noun | 1. | distribution - (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence 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" 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 compactness, concentration, denseness, density, tightness - the spatial property of being crowded together | |
| 3. | distribution - the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning 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 | |
| 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" |