Definition of distributions in English

Wiktionary

distributions (Noun)
Plural of distribution.

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distributions, noun, plural of distribution.

WordNet

Noun Plural: distributions
distribution - the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
		human action, human activity, deed, act a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment"
		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, allotment, assignation, allocation 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 apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"
		revenue sharing distribution of part of the federal tax income to states and municipalities
distribution - (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
		statistical distribution
		arrangement, organisation, organization, system the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
		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
		equidistribution a flat distribution having equal frequencies of occurrence
		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, sample, sampling items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
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
		compactness, density, denseness, tightness, concentration the consistency of a compact solid
		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
distribution - the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer
		commercialism, mercantilism, commerce an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
		marketing shopping at a market; "does the weekly marketing at the supermarket"

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Wiktionary

distribution (Noun)
An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
distribution (Noun)
An apportionment by law of funds, property.
distribution (Noun)
The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.
distribution (Noun)
The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.
distribution (Noun)
Anything distributed; portion; share.
distribution (Noun)
The result of distributing; arrangement.
distribution (Noun)
A probability distribution ; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.
distribution (Noun)
A set of bundled software components; distro.
distribution (Noun)
The apportionment of income or wealth in a population.
distribution (Noun)
The process or result of the sale of securities, especially their placement among investors with long-term investment strategies.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

distribution (n.)
The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate among heirs or children.
distribution (n.)
Separation into parts or classes; arrangement of anything into parts; disposition; classification.
distribution (n.)
That which is distributed.
distribution (n.)
A resolving a whole into its parts.
distribution (n.)
The sorting of types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.
distribution (n.)
The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

distribution
The sum of the commercial and service activities that transfer the produced goods to the consumer.
distribution
In statistics, the relative arrangements of the elements of a statistical population based on some criterion, as frequency, time, or location.
distribution
The process by which commodities get to final consumers, including storing, selling, shipping, and advertising.
distribution
In Linux, a collection of software making up the Linux operating system. The software is usually compiled by either a company or organization. It is designed to be easy to install, administer, and use by virtue of it being an integrated whole. Examples include Ubuntu, SUSE Linux, Red Hat, and Debian.