Dictionary Definition
distribution
Noun
1 (statistics) an arrangement of values of a
variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of
occurrence [syn: statistical
distribution]
2 the spatial property of being scattered about
over an area or volume [syn: dispersion] [ant: concentration]
3 the act of distributing or spreading or
apportioning
4 the commercial activity of transporting and
selling goods from a producer to a consumer
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ˌdɪstɹəˈbjuːʃən/, /%dIstr\@"bju:S@n/
Noun
- An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
- An apportionment by law (of funds, property).
- The process by which commodities get to final consumers, including storing, selling, shipping, and advertising.
- The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.
- Anything distributed; portion; share
- The result of distributing; arrangement.
- The relative arrangements of the elements of a statistical population based on some criterion, as frequency, time, or location
Translations
act of distribution or being distributed
- Finnish: levittäminen, levitys, levikki, jako, jakaminen
- German: Distribution, Verbreitung, Austeilung
- Russian: распространение, раздача, распределение
apportionment by law of funds, property
- Finnish: jako
- German: Aufteilung
process by which commodities get to final
consumers
- Finnish: jakelu
- German: Distribution, Absatz
frequency of occurrence or extent of existence
- Finnish: jakauma
- German: Distribution, Verbreitung, Aufteilung
anything distributed; portion; share
- Finnish: osa, osuus
- German: Streuung, Verbreitung, Aufteilung
the result of distributing; arrangement
- Finnish: jakauma
- German: Distribution, Aufteilung
- Russian: распространение
distribution in statistics
- Czech: rozdělení
- Finnish: jakauma
- German: Distribution, Gliederung, Aufteilung
- Russian: распределение
- Swedish: fördelning
- ttbc Dutch: verdeling
- ttbc French: distribution
- ttbc Greek: κατανομή (katanomí)
- ttbc Hebrew: הפצה (hafatza) , חלוקה (khaluqa) (1)
- ttbc Indonesian: distribusi, alokasi, pembagian, penyebaran
- ttbc Italian: distribuzione
- ttbc Japanese: 配布 (はいふ, haifu), 配分 (はいぶん, haibun), 分布 (ぶんぷ, bunpu)
- ttbc Kurdish:
- ttbc Lithuanian: pasiskirstymas
- ttbc Malayalam: വിതരണം (vitharaNam) (1)
- ttbc Old English: brytnung
- ttbc Persian: (tozia)
- ttbc Portuguese: distribuição
- ttbc Slovene: porazdelitev, distribucija
- ttbc Spanish: distribución
- ttbc Swedish: fördelning (2,3,4), distribution (4)
- ttbc Telugu: పంపకము (పంచు, పంచిపెట్టు - క్రియలు)
French
Etymology
From Classical distributio.Pronunciation
Noun
fr-noun f- distribution
- ...
Extensive Definition
Distribution may refer to:
Mathematics / Physics
- Distribution (mathematics), for generalized functions
- Probability distribution
- Frequency distribution
- Cumulative distribution function in statistics
- Distribution function, in physics describes the number of particles per unit volume in phase space.
- Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution
- Distribution (differential geometry), a subbundle of a vector bundle defining the integrability conditions of a set of differential equations.
- Distributed parameter systems, systems that have an infinite-dimensional state-space.
Distribution theory commonly refers to either the
theory of generalized
functions or the theory of probability
distributions.
Economics
Computer science
- Distributed computing
- Software distribution
- Distribution (concurrency), the projection operator in a history monoid
Entertainment
Other usages
- Complementary distribution, in grammar
- Electricity distribution, in electrical engineering
- Purse distribution, in horse racing
- Distribution (pharmacology)
- Population distribution – how the demographics of a population break down
- Distribution Select, a record label
- Key distribution center
- Trip distribution
- Distribution of terms
- Electronic brakeforce distribution
- Spectral power distribution, in color science
See also
- Distributor (disambiguation)
- Apportionment
- Range
- Range (biology) the area a species inhabits
distribution in German: Verteilung
distribution in French: Distribution
distribution in Indonesian: Distribusi
distribution in Italian: Distribuzione
distribution in Dutch: Distributie
distribution in Japanese: 分布
distribution in Portuguese: Distribuição
distribution in Sicilian: Distribbuzzioni
distribution in Simple English:
Distribution
distribution in Thai: การกระจายตัว
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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