The Meaning of distribution

• (n.) The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate among heirs or children.
• (n.) Separation into parts or classes; arrangement of anything into parts; disposition; classification.
• (n.) That which is distributed.
• (n.) A resolving a whole into its parts.
• (n.) The sorting of types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.
• (n.) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.

Synonyms

statistical distribution , dispersion

Antonyms

concentration

Rhymes

absolution , aleutian , andalusian , attribution , confucian , constitution , contribution , convolution , counterrevolution , crucian , destitution , devolution , dilution , diminution , dissolution , electrocution , elocution , evolution , execution , institution , lilliputian , lucian , persecution , pollution , prosecution , prostitution , redistribution , resolution , restitution , retribution , revolution , shooshan , solution , substitution