distributive adjective

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• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Distributive operation — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Distributive proportion — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Distributive — Dis*trib u*tive, n. (Gram.) A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• distributive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to the processes of distribution or things that are distributed. 2) Grammar (of a determiner or pronoun) referring to each individual of a class, not to the class collectively, e.g. each, either. DERIVATIVES distributively …   English terms dictionary

• distributive — dis‧trib‧u‧tive [dɪˈstrɪbjtɪv] adjective [only before a noun] formal MARKETING COMMERCE TRANSPORT connected with or relating to distribution: • marketing, designers and other distributive agencies …   Financial and business terms

• distributive — adjective Date: 15th century 1. of or relating to distribution: as a. dealing a proper share to each of a group b. diffusing more or less evenly 2. of a word referring singly and without exception to the members of a group < each, either, and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• distributive — adjective a) Relating to distribution. If function f is with respect to function g, then . b) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation. If the… …   Wiktionary

• distributive — adjective 1 connected with distribution: distributive costs 2 technical referring to each single member of a group; distributing words in English include each , every and either …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Distributive pronoun — A distributive pronoun considers members of a group separately, rather than collectively. They include each, any, either, neither and others. to each his own each2,(pronoun) Merriam Webster s Online Dictionary (2007) Men take each other s measure …   Wikipedia

• Adjective — Examples That s an interesting idea. (attributive) That idea is interesting. (predicative) Tell me something interesting. (postpositive) The good, the bad, and the ugly. (substantive) In grammar, an adjective is a describing word; the main… …   Wikipedia