distribution

B1
Pronunciation
/ˌdɪstɹəˈbjuːʃən/
Noun
17 definition(s)
1 Definition

An act of distributing or state of being distributed.

2 Definition

An apportionment by law (of funds, property).

3 Definition

The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.

4 Definition

Anything distributed; portion; share.

5 Definition

The result of distributing; arrangement.

6 Definition

The total number of something sold or delivered to the clients.

Example Sentences
  • The distribution of my little rock magazine is about 3,000.
7 Definition

The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.

8 Definition

The apportionment of income or wealth in a population.

Example Sentences
  • The wealth distribution became extremely skewed in the kleptocracy.
9 Definition

The way in which a player's hand is divided in suits, or in which a particular suit is divided between the players.

Example Sentences
  • The declarer had 3-6-2-2 distribution.
10 Definition

A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.

11 Definition

A subset of the tangent bundle of a manifold that satisfies certain properties; used to construct the notions of integrability and foliation of a manifold.

12 Definition

A set of bundled software components; distro.

13 Definition

The process or result of the sale of securities, especially their placement among investors with long-term investment strategies.

14 Definition

The resolution of a whole into its parts.

15 Definition

The process of sorting the types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.

16 Definition

(steam engines) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston: admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.

17 Definition

A rhetorical technique in which a subject is divided into multiple cases based on some property or properties, and each case is addressed individually.