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distribution

Definitions of distribution
  1. noun
    the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)
    synonyms: dispensation
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    type of:
    diffusion
    the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
  2. noun
    the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
    synonyms: livraison
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    passage, transmission
    the act of passing something to another person
    culte, office
    the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
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    déplacement, transport
    the act of moving something from one location to another
  3. noun
    (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment
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    débarras
    the act or means of getting rid of something
  4. noun
    the act of distributing playing cards
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    type of:
    diffusion
    the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
  5. noun
    the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer
    synonyms: diffusion
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    type of:
    commerce, monde des affaires
    transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
  6. noun
    (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
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    prélèvement
    items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
    échantillon représentatif
    the population is divided into strata and a random sample is taken from each stratum
    type of:
    arrangement, organisation, système
    an organized structure for arranging or classifying
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