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English noun: distribution | |||
| 1. | distribution (cognition) (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence | ||
| Synonyms | statistical distribution | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrangement, organisation, organization, system | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Bernoulli distribution, binomial distribution, equidistribution, frequency distribution, Gaussian distribution, normal distribution, Poisson distribution, sample, sample distribution, sampling | ||
| Domain category | statistics | ||
| 2. | distribution (attribute) the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume | ||
| Samples | Worldwide in distribution. The distribution of nerve fibers. In complementary distribution. | ||
| Synonyms | dispersion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | spacing, spatial arrangement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | complementary distribution, complementation, diaspora, diffusion, dissemination, innervation, scatter, spread | ||
| Antonyms | compactness, concentration, denseness, density, tightness | ||
| 3. | distribution (act) the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, assigning, assignment, deal, dispensation, parceling, parcelling, redistribution, revenue sharing, share-out, sharing | ||
| 4. | distribution (act) the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | ||
| Part meronym | marketing | ||
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