distribution as a noun: 1 2 3 4
distribution statistical distribution arrangement organisation organization system equidistribution frequency distribution Gaussian distribution normal distribution Poisson distribution sample sample distribution sampling Bernoulli distribution binomial distribution jump to corresponding sense entry
distribution noun
1 distribution statistics An arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence.
synonym: statistical distribution .
Roget 60 :arrangement ;
plan
etc.
626 preparation
etc.
673 disposal ,
disposition ;
collocation ,
allocation ;
distribution ;
sorting
etc.
v.;
assortment ,
allotment ,
apportionment ,
taxis ,
taxonomy ,
syntaxis † ,
graduation ,
organization ;
grouping ;
tabulation .
analysis ,
classification ,
clustering ,
division ,
digestion .
[Result of arrangement]
digest ;
synopsis
etc.
(compendium)
596 syntagma [Gramm.] ,
table ,
atlas ;
file ,
database ;
register .
etc.
(record)
551 organism ,
architecture .
[Instrument for sorting]
sieve ,
riddle ,
screen ,
sorter .
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Roget 786 :apportionment ,
allotment ,
consignment ,
assignment ,
appointment ;
appropriation ;
dispensation ,
distribution ;
division ,
deal ;
repartition ,
partition ;
administration .
dividend ,
portion ,
contingent ,
share ,
allotment ,
fair share ,
allocation ,
lot ,
measure ,
dose ;
dole ,
meed ,
pittance ;
quantum ,
ration ;
ratio ,
proportion ,
quota ,
modicum ,
mess ,
allowance ;
suerte † .
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Dutch: opdeling, distributie, verdeling, spreiding, verspreiding, uitdeling Polish: rozkład
2 distribution The spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume:— Worldwide in distribution.
synonym: dispersion .
Roget 73 :dispersion ;
disjunction
etc.
44 divergence
etc.
291 aspersion ;
scattering
etc.
v.;
dissemination ,
diffusion ,
dissipation ,
distribution ;
apportionment
etc.
786 spread ,
respersion † ,
circumfusion † ,
interspersion ,
spargefaction † ;
affusion † .
waifs and estrays † ,
flotsam and jetsam ,
disjecta membra [Lat.] ,
[Horace];
waveson † .
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3 distribution The act of distributing or spreading or apportioning.
Dutch: distributie, verbreiding, verspreiding Polish: alokacja, repartycja, rozdział, dystrybucja
4 distribution The commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer.
Dutch: verdeling, logistiek, distributie, verspreiding
Moby thesaurus: administration , allocation , allotment , apportionment , arrangement , array , arraying , assignment , attenuation , broadcast , broadcasting , cataloguing , circulation , circumfusion , classification , codification , collation , collocation , constitution , deployment , diffraction , diffusion , dilution , disbursal , disbursement , dispensation , dispersal , dispersion , disposal , disposition , dissemination , dissipation , divergence , division , dole , doling , doling out , evaporation , expansion , form , formation , formulation , fragmentation , giving out , grouping , issuance , marshaling , order , ordering , passing around , paying out , peppering , placement , propagation , publication , radiation , regimentation , scattering , scatterment , sequence , sharing , shotgun pattern , sowing , spattering , splay , spread , spreading , sprinkling , strewing , structuring , syntax , volatilization ... show more .
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