1. The act of distributing, spreading or apportioning
   "The distribution of food aid was crucial after the natural disaster"
    
2. (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
   "The researcher plotted the statistical distribution of the data on a graph";
   - statistical distribution, probability distribution
    
3. The spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
   "the distribution of nerve fibers"; "in complementary distribution"; "worldwide in distribution";
   - dispersion
    
4. The commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer
   "The company's efficient distribution network ensured products reached stores quickly"
    
5. (computing) a particular package of software, esp. open-source, for distribution to users
   "He installed the latest Linux distribution on his computer";
   - distro [informal]

Derived forms: distributions

Type of: act, arrangement, commerce, commercialism, deed, human action, human activity, mercantilism, organisation [Brit], organization, spacing, spatial arrangement, system

Part of: marketing

Encyclopedia: Distribution