distributive

Meanings

Adjective

• Relating to distribution.
• Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
• A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.
• Assigning the species of a general term.
• Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.

Noun

• distributive case
• A distributive adjective or pronoun.
• A distributive numeral.

Origin

• From Middle French distributif