English Explanatory Dictionary

distributive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to distribution.
  2. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
  3. A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.
  4. Assigning the species of a general term.
  5. Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.
noun
  1. distributive case
  2. A distributive adjective or pronoun.
  3. A distributive numeral.

Pronunciation

/dɪsˈtɹɪbjʊtɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-distributive.wav

Word forms

distributive more distributive most distributive distributives

Etymology

From Middle French distributif, from Latin distribūtīvus.

Derived words

distributive education distributive justice distributive lattice distributively distributiveness distributive number distributivism nondistributive selfdistributive semidistributive temporal distributive
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on D Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary