distribution


Definition: Meaning of, distribution in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / dɪstrɪˈbjuːʃ(ə)n /

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distribution distributions
  1. [uncountable] the act of sharing things among a large group of people in a planned way
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  2. [uncountable] when goods are supplied to shops and companies for them to sell
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  3. [uncountable and countable] the way in which something exists in different amounts in different parts of an area or group
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distribution used in phrases

  • Bernoulli distribution (noun)
    1. statistics a theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success
  • Boltzmann distribution law (noun)
    1. physics a law expressing the distribution of energy among the molecules of a gas in thermal equilibrium
  • Cauchy distribution (noun)
    1. 1+x^2 statistics a probability distribution with density proportional to 1/; it has mode and median zero, but no mean and divergent variance
  • Gaussian distribution (noun)
    1. statistics a theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance
  • Lorentzian distribution (noun)
    1. 1+x^2 statistics a probability distribution with density proportional to 1/; it has mode and median zero, but no mean and divergent variance
  • Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution law (noun)
    1. physics a law expressing the distribution of energy among the molecules of a gas in thermal equilibrium
  • Poisson distribution (noun)
    1. statistics a theoretical distribution that is a good approximation to the binomial distribution when the probability is small and the number of trials is large
  • binomial distribution (noun)
    1. statistics a theoretical distribution of the number of successes in a finite set of independent trials with a constant probability of success
  • complementary distribution (noun)
    1. linguistics a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts
  • content distribution network (noun)
    1. a system of computers containing copies of data at multiple location on a network, e.g. for providing fast high-volume download to users
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