distribution

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Etymology

From Latin distributio, from distribuere 'to distribute', itself from dis- 'apart' + tribuere 'to ' (from tribus).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌdɪstɹəˈbjuːʃən/, SAMPA: /%dIstr\@"bju:S@n/

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Noun

distribution (plural distributions)

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1. An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
2. An apportionment by law (of funds, property).
3. (business, marketing) The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.
4. The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.
5. Anything distributed; portion; share
6. The result of distributing; arrangement.
7. (mathematics, statistics) A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.
8. (computing) A set of bundled software components; distro.
9. (economics) The apportionment of income or wealth in a population.

   The wealth distribution became extremely skewed in the kleptocracy.

10. (finance) The process or result of the sale of securities, especially their placement among investors with long-term investment strategies.

Derived terms

Derived terms

distributional distributionism frequency distribution income distribution

multidistribution property distribution stable distribution probability distribution tempered distribution

Related terms

• distributee
• distributive
• distributor

Translations

act of distribution or being distributed

Bulgarian: разпределяне (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 分配 (zh) (fēnpèi), 分布 (zh) (fēnbù) Croatian: rȁspodjela (hr) f., distribúcija (hr) f., ràzdioba (hr) f. Dutch: distributie, uitdeling, verdeling f. Esperanto: disdono (eo), distribuado (eo) Estonian: jaotus (et) Finnish: levittäminen, levitys, levikki, jako, jakaminen French: distribution (fr) f. German: Distribution (de) f., Verbreitung (de) f., Austeilung (de) f.

Greek: διανομή (el) (dianomí) f. Italian: distribuzione (it) f. Japanese: 配布 (ja) (はいふ, haifu), 配分 (ja) (はいぶん, haibun), 分布 (ja) (ぶんぷ, bunpu) Polish: dystrybucja (pl) f. Romanian: distribuire (ro) Russian: распространение (ru) (rasprostranénije) n., раздача (ru) (razdáča) f., распределение (ru) (raspr'ed'el'énije) n. Spanish: distribución (es) f. Swedish: distribution (sv) c., fördelning (sv) c.

apportionment by law of funds, property

Dutch: opdeling, verdeling f. Finnish: jako (fi) German: Aufteilung (de) f.

Greek: κατανομή (el) (katanomí) f., (colloquial) μοιρασιά (el) (moirasiá) f. Swedish: fördelning (sv) c.

process by which commodities get to final consumers

Bulgarian: разпространение (bg) n. Croatian: distribúcija (hr) f. Dutch: distributie (nl), verdeling (nl) f. Finnish: jakelu (fi) German: Distribution (de) f., Absatz (de) m.

Greek: διανομή (el) (dianomí) f. Romanian: distribuire (ro) Serbo-Croatian: dostava (sh), distribucija (sh) Swedish: distribution (sv) c.

frequency of occurrence or extent of existence

Bulgarian: разпределение (bg) n. Croatian: distribúcija (hr) f., rȁspodjela (hr) f. Dutch: (ver)spreiding f. Esperanto: disvastiĝo (eo)

Finnish: jakauma (fi) German: Distribution (de) f., Verbreitung (de) f., Aufteilung (de) f. Greek: κατανομή (el) (katanomí) f. Swedish: distribution (sv) c., fördelning (sv) c.

anything distributed; portion; share

Dutch: distributie, uitdeling f. Estonian: jaotis (et) Finnish: osa (fi), osuus (fi)

German: Streuung (de) f., Verbreitung (de) f., Aufteilung (de) f. Greek: διανομή (el) (dianomí) f. Swedish: tilldelning (sv) c., utdelning (sv) c.

the result of distributing; arrangement

Bulgarian: разпределение (bg) n. Dutch: opdeling, verdeling f. Finnish: jakauma (fi) German: Distribution (de) f., Aufteilung (de) f.

Greek: κατανομή (el) (katanomí) f. Russian: распространение (ru) (rasprostranénije) n. Swedish: distribution (sv) c., fördelning (sv) c.

distribution in statistics

Bulgarian: разпределение (bg) n. Croatian: distribúcija (hr) f., rȁspodjela (hr) f. Czech: rozdělení (cs) n. Dutch: distributie (nl), verdeling (nl) f. Finnish: jakauma (fi) German: Distribution (de) f., Gliederung (de) f., Aufteilung (de) f. Greek: κατανομή (el) (katanomí) f.

Hungarian: eloszlás (hu) Italian: distribuzione (it) f. Polish: rozkład (pl) m. Romanian: distribuire (ro), distribuție (ro) Russian: распределение (ru) (raspr'ed'el'énije) n. Swedish: fördelning (sv) c.

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French: distribution f. German: Verteilung f. Hebrew: הפצה (hafatza) f., חלוקה (khaluqa) f. Indonesian: distribusi, alokasi, pembagian, penyebaran Italian: distribuzione f. Japanese: 配布 (はいふ, haifu), 配分 (はいぶん, haibun), 分布 (ぶんぷ, bunpu)

Lithuanian: pasiskirstymas m. Malayalam: വിതരണം (vitharaNam) Old English: brytnung f. Persian: توزیع (tozia) Portuguese: distribuição f. Slovene: porazdelitev, distribucija Spanish: distribución f. Telugu: పంపకము (పంచు, పంచిపెట్టు - క్రియలు)

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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)

1. A distribution
2. A physical arrangement, spacing

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Related terms

• distribuable
• distribuer
• distributaire m.
• distributeur m.
• distributif
• distributivement

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Swedish

Noun

distribution c.

1. distribution, dissemination
2. (mathematics) a distribution, generalized function
3. (statistics) a distribution

Declension

Declension of distribution

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	distribution	distributionen	distributioner	distributionerna
genitive	distributions	distributionens	distributioners	distributionernas

Synonyms

• spridning

statistics

• fördelning