distribution

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Main Entry: dis·tri·bu·tion
Pronunciation: "dis-tr&-'byü-sh&n
Function: noun
1 a : the act or process of distributing b : the apportionment by a court of the personal property of an intestate
2 a : the position, arrangement, or frequency of occurrence (as of the members of a group) over an area or throughout a space or unit of time b : the natural geographic range of an organism
3 a : something distributed : as (1) : a sum of money withdrawn from a fund (as a retirement fund) and given to the beneficiary or holder of the fund (2) : DIVIDEND 1a b (1) : FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION (2) : PROBABILITY FUNCTION (3) : PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION 2
4 : the pattern of branching and termination of a ramifying structure (as a nerve)
5 : the marketing or merchandising of commodities
- dis·tri·bu·tion·al /-shn&l, -sh&-n^&l/ adjective