distributional

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English distribution

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English distributional

From distribution + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɪs.tɹəˈbjuː.ʃə.nəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

distributional (comparative more distributional, superlative most distributional)

1. Of or pertaining to distribution
   • (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, SYSTEMATICS OF HYPER-DIVERSE MOTH SUPERFAMILIES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON AGRICULTURAL PESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS, AND FOOD SECURITY‎^[1]:

     Objective 2: Manage and enhance through fieldwork major segments of the U. S. National Insect Collection to be used for morphological and molecular research by U.S. scientists and stakeholders worldwide; mine the associated distributional and biological data for comprehensive databases, and provide rapid authoritative identifications, especially of potentially threatening insect pests.

2. (bridge) Having an uneven distribution.

Derived terms

• distributionally
• distributional semantics
• equidistributional
• interdistributional
• intradistributional
• nondistributional
• palaeodistributional
• paleodistributional
• subdistributional