| dispensation |
an act or instance of giving out, or the thing given out; distribution. [2/3 definitions] |
| disposition |
placement or distribution, as of troops on a battlefield. [1/6 definitions] |
| distributive |
dividing or distributing, or of or involving distribution. [1/4 definitions] |
| divisive |
constituting or expressing partition or distribution. [1/2 definitions] |
| dole |
a distribution of food, money, or the like to needy people. [1/4 definitions] |
| drug-trafficking |
dealing in the production, distribution, or sale of illegal drugs, esp. the transporting of drugs into countries where they are prohibited. |
| dump |
an area or structure for the storage and distribution of military supplies such as ammunition. [1/10 definitions] |
| economic |
of or pertaining to the production and distribution of goods, wealth, and services. [2/3 definitions] |
| economics |
(used with a sing. verb) the systematic study of the production and distribution of goods and services. [1/2 definitions] |
| field theory |
in physics, a mathematical description of the effects of physical fields on the distribution and behavior of matter. |
| floristic |
of or pertaining to flowers or plants, or their distribution in a region. |
| food bank |
a group or agency responsible for such collection and distribution of food. [1/2 definitions] |
| Gaussian |
being a curve that is generated using the Gaussian distribution function. [2/4 definitions] |
| Gaussian distribution function |
a function named after the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss that represents statistical data as a symmetrical bell-shaped curve; normal distribution function. |
| grid |
an interconnected system of power stations and electricity distribution lines serving a large region. [1/5 definitions] |
| histogram |
a bar graph of a frequency distribution in which the frequency of a variable is represented by the height of the bar, and the class interval by the width, where each class interval is a summary of data that represents a range of independent variable values rather than a single value. |
| hydrologic |
pertaining to the circulation, distribution, or quality of the waters of the earth, or to the field of hydrology. |
| hydrology |
the scientific study of the distribution, circulation, and quality of the waters of the earth. |
| linguistic atlas |
a collection of maps recording the geographical distribution of linguistic forms and usages. |
| logistics |
(used with a sing. or pl. verb) the aspect of military science relating to the procurement and distribution of equipment and supplies and the maintenance and transportation of troops. [1/2 definitions] |
| mass spectrometer |
an instrument used to determine the mass and abundance of charged particles in a prepared beam, by passing it through an electromagnetic field and electronically recording the distribution of particles, often for the purpose of chemical analysis. |