Look up: distributive

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   distributive
   [adj] - serving to distribute or allot or disperse
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   distributive
   the share or portion which a given heir receives on the legal distribution of an intestate estate....(Black`s,5th ed.,1979,p.427) Category: Law • Prepares students for both wholesale and retail businesses. Category: Management in the public and private sector • distributive transactions are transactions by means of which the value added by resident producer units and factor...
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   Distributive
   Definition (keystage 2) The expression 5 × ( 3 + 6 ) could be calculated in two ways. One way of calculating it is 5 × 9 , working out the brackets first, and giving the answer 45 .<br /> Another way of calculating it could be ( 5 × 3 ) + ( 5 × 6 ) i.e multiplying everything inside the brackets by 5 ,<br />wh ...
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   Distributive
   Definition (undergraduate level) An operation ⊗ is distributive over another operation ⊕ , if A ⊗ ( B ⊕ C ) = ( A ⊗ B ) ⊕ ( A ⊗ C ) for any choice of A , B and C .<br /> For instance, multiplication is distributive over addition: A ( B + C ) = AB + AC but addition is not distributive over multi ...
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   Distributive
   Dis·trib'u·tive adjective [ Confer French distributif .] 1. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share. ' Distributive justice.' Swift. 2. (Logic) Assigning the species of a general term. 3. (Gram.) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively; as, a distributiv ...
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   Distributive
   Dis·trib'u·tive noun (Gram.) A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral.
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   distributive
   1. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share. 'Distributive justice.' ... 2. <logic> Assigning the species of a general term. ... 3. Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively; as, a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as each, either, every; a distributive numer ...
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   distributive
   adjective serving to distribute or allot or disperse
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   Distributive
   • (a.) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively; as, a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as each, either, every; a distributive numeral, as (Latin) bini (two by two). • (a.) Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share. • (a.) Assigning the species of...
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    distributive
    Three numbers x, y, and z are said to be distributive over the operation + if they obey the identity x(y + z) = xy + xz Compare with associative and commutative.
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