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adjective
1.
serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
2.
3.
Logic. (of a term) distributed in a given proposition.
4.
Mathematics.
a.
(of a binary operation) having the property that terms in an expression may be expanded in a particular way to form an equivalent expression, as a(b + c) = ab + ac.
b.
having reference to this property: distributive law for multiplication over addition.
c.
(of a lattice) having the property that for any three elements, the intersection of the first element with the union of the others is equal to the intersection of the first element with each of the others.
noun
5.
a distributive word or expression.
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Distributive
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| a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English distributif < Middle French < Late Latin distribūtīvus (see distribute, -ive)
1425–75; late Middle English distributif < Middle French < Late Latin distribūtīvus (see distribute, -ive)
Related forms
dis·trib·u·tive·ly, adverb
dis·trib·u·tive·ness, noun
non·dis·trib·u·tive, adjective
non·dis·trib·u·tive·ly, adverb
non·dis·trib·u·tive·ness, noun
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distributive  (dĭ-strĭb'yə-tĭv) Pronunciation Key
Relating to the property of multiplication over division which states that applying multiplication to a set of quantities that are combined by addition yields the same result as applying multiplication to each quantity individually and then adding those results together. Thus 2 × (3 + 4) is equal to (2 × 3) + (2 × 4). See also associative, commutative. |
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