distributive

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 1.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Relating to distribution.
2. adjective Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
3. adjective A 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 f(a,g(b,c))=g(f(a,b),f(a,c)).

4. adjective Assigning the species of a general term.
5. adjective Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.

   a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as "each", "either", or "every"

6. noun distributive case
7. noun A distributive adjective or pronoun.
8. noun A distributive numeral.

Similar words

apportionable allocatable diffusing allocable separative pervasive disseminative diffusive spreading dispersive

Often followed by

justice share property and shares law trades education system effects

Word family

disestablish disestablished disestablishes disestablishing disestablishment dissimilar distribute distributed distributing distribution