Distributive

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or involving distribution.
  • adjective. Serving to distribute.
  • adjective. Of or relating to a property involving two binary operations, usually multiplication and addition, in which the product of an element with a sum of terms is equal to the sum of the individual products of that element with each term. That is, if a × (b + c) = a × b + a × c, then the operation indicated by × is distributive over the operation indicated by +.
  • adjective. Referring to each individual or entity of a group separately rather than collectively, as every in the sentence Every employee attended the meeting.
  • noun. A distributive word or term.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • That distributes; dividing and assigning in portions; dealing to each his proper share.
  • Specifically—2. In logic, showing that a statement refers to each individual of a class separately, and not to these individuals as making up the whole class.
  • Expressing separation or division: as, a distributive prefix: specifically, in grammar, used to denote the persons or things that constitute a pair or number, as considered separately and singly: as, a distributive pronoun; a distributive numeral.
  • In mathematics, operating upon every part in operating upon the whole
  • F Φ (x, y, z, etc.) = Φ (Fx, Fy, Fz, etc.).
  • In a more general sense, every formula which expresses that the operations f, F, Φ, are so related that in every case Φ F(x, y) = f (Φx, Φy).
  • noun. In grammar, a word that divides or distributes, as each and every, which represent the individuals of a collective number as separate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral.
  • adjective. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share.
  • adjective. Assigning the species of a general term.
  • adjective. Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.
  • adjective. any operation which either consists of two or more parts, or works upon two or more things, and which is such that the result of the total operation is the same as the aggregated result of the two or more partial operations. Ordinary multiplication is distributive, since a × (b + c) = ab + ac, and (a + b) × c = ac + bc.
  • adjective. See Fellowship.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Relating to distribution.
  • adjective. A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.
  • noun. A distributive adjective or pronoun.
  • noun. A distributive numeral.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. serving to distribute or allot or disperse
  • Word Usage
    "He is not a communist, he writes, because although he does support what he calls "distributive justice" the distribution of material goods as well as "psycho-emotional" goods, such as stability and peace of mind, he also advocates for the private ownership of property."
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