'Distributive' definitions:
Definition of 'distributive'
From: WordNet
adjective
Serving to distribute or allot or disperse [ant: collective]
Definition of 'Distributive'
From: GCIDE
- Distributive \Dis*trib"u*tive\, a. [Cf. F. distributif.]
- 1. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share. "Distributive justice." --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Logic) Assigning the species of a general term. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Gram.) 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). [1913 Webster]
- Distributive operation (Math.), any operation which either consists of two or more parts, or works upon two or more things, and which is such that the result of the total operation is the same as the aggregated result of the two or more partial operations. Ordinary multiplication is distributive, since a [times] (b + c) = ab + ac, and (a + b) [times] c = ac + bc.
- Distributive proportion. (Math.) See Fellowship. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Distributive'
From: GCIDE
- Distributive \Dis*trib"u*tive\, n. (Gram.) A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'distributive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- attenuative,
- diffractional,
- diffractive,
- diffusive,
- dispersive,
- disseminative,
- dissipative,
- distributional,
- equal,
- even stephen,
- fifty-fifty,
- half,
- half-and-half,
- halvers,
- particular,
- per capita,
- per head,
- pro rata,
- proportional,
- proportionate,
- prorated,
- respective,
- scattering,
- several,
- spreading
Words containing 'Distributive'
- Distributable,
- Distribute,
- Distributed,
- Distributer,
- Distributing,
- Distribution,
- Distributional,
- Distributively,
- Distributiveness,
- Distributive operation,
- Distributive proportion,
- Geographical distribution,
- bernoulli distribution,
- binomial distribution,
- complementary distribution,
- distributed fire,
- distribution agreement,
- distribution channel,
- distribution cost,
- distribution law,
- distribution list,
- distributive faults,
- distributive shock,
- frequency distribution,
- gaussian distribution,
- normal distribution,
- poisson distribution,
- sample distribution,
- statistical distribution,
- widely distributed,
- Distributing past office,
- boltzmann distribution law,
- distributed data processing,
- distribution free statistic,
- maxwell-boltzmann distribution law