資料來源 : pyDict

分發;銷售;頻率分佈;分配裝置;分佈;區分,分類;配電

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Distribution \Dis`tri*bu"tion\, n. [L. distributio: cf. F.
   distribution.]
   1. The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing
      or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as,
      the distribution of an estate among heirs or children.

            The phenomena of geological distribution are exactly
            analogous to those of geography.      --A. R.
                                                  Wallace.

   2. Separation into parts or classes; arrangement of anything
      into parts; disposition; classification.

   3. That which is distributed. ``Our charitable
      distributions.'' --Atterbury.

   4. (Logic) A resolving a whole into its parts.

   5. (Print.) The sorting of types and placing them in their
      proper boxes in the cases.

   6. (Steam Engine) The steps or operations by which steam is
      supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke
      of the piston; viz., admission, suppression or cutting
      off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam
      prior to the next admission.

   {Geographical distribution}, the natural arrangements of
      animals and plants in particular regions or districts.

   Syn: Apportionments; allotment; dispensation; disposal;
        dispersion; classification; arrangement.

資料來源 : WordNet®

distribution
     n 1: (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing
          their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
          [syn: {statistical distribution}]
     2: the spatial property of being scattered about over an area
        or volume [syn: {dispersion}] [ant: {concentration}]
     3: the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
     4: the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods
        from a producer to a consumer

資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

distribution
     
        1.  A software source tree packaged for
        distribution; but see {kit}.
     
        2.  A vague term encompassing {mailing list}s and
        {Usenet} {newsgroup}s (but not {BBS} {fora}); any
        topic-oriented message channel with multiple recipients.
     
        3.  An information-space domain (usually loosely
        correlated with geography) to which propagation of a {Usenet}
        message is restricted; a much-underused feature.
     
        [{Jargon File}]