Definitions
1.AdjectiveRelating to distribution.
2.AdjectiveTending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
3.AdjectiveA property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation."If function f is distributive with respect to function g, then
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{\displaystyle f(a,g(b,c))=g(f(a,b),f(a,c))}
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{\displaystyle a\star (b\circ c)=(a\star b)\circ (a\star c)}
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4.AdjectiveAssigning the species of a general term.
5.AdjectiveExpressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively."a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as "each", "either", or "every"; a distributive numeral, such as Latin "bini" (two by two)"
6.Noundistributive case
7.NounA distributive adjective or pronoun.
8.NounA distributive numeral.