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English
Etymology
From Latin distributio, from distribuere 'to distribute', itself from dis- 'apart' + tribuere 'to ' (from tribus).
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular distribution |
Plural distributions |
distribution (plural distributions)
- An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
- An apportionment by law (of funds, property).
- (business, marketing) The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.
- The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.
- Anything distributed; portion; share
- The result of distributing; arrangement.
- (mathematics, statistics) A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.
- (computing) A set of bundled software components; distro.
- (economics) The apportionment of income or wealth in a population.
- The wealth distribution became extremely skewed in the kleptocracy.
- (finance) The process or result of the sale of securities, especially their placement among investors with long-term investment strategies.
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Related terms
- distributee
- distributive
- distributor
French
Etymology
From Classical Latin distributio, from distribuere 'to distribute', itself from dis- 'apart' + tribuere 'to ' (from tribus).
Pronunciation
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Noun
distribution f. (plural distributions)
- A distribution
- A physical arrangement, spacing
Related terms
- distribuable
- distribuer
- distributaire m.
- distributeur m.
- distributif
- distributivement
Swedish
| Inflection for distribution | Singular | Plural | ||
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| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Base form | distribution | distributionen | distributioner | distributionerna |
| Possessive form | distributions | distributionens | distributioners | distributionernas |
Noun
distribution c.
- (mathematics) A distribution, generalized function
- (statistics) A distribution
Synonyms
- statistics
- fördelning
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