transcription, транскрипция: [ di-ˈstri-byü-tiv, -byə- ]
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 none are distributive
3.
a. : being an operation (as multiplication in a(b + c) = ab + ac ) that produces the same result when operating on the whole mathematical expression as when operating on each part and collecting the results
b. : being or relating to a rule or property concerning a distributive operation
the distributive property of multiplication with respect to addition
• dis·trib·u·tive·ly adverb
• dis·trib·u·tiv·i·ty -ˌstri-byü-ˈti-və-tē noun