DISTRIBUTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does distributed mean? 

• DISTRIBUTED (adjective)
  The adjective DISTRIBUTED has 1 sense:

1. spread out or scattered about or divided up

  Familiarity information: DISTRIBUTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISTRIBUTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spread out or scattered about or divided up

Similar:

fanned; spread-out (especially spread in a fan shape)

unfocused; unfocussed (not concentrated at one point or upon one objective)

straggly (growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly)

splashed ((of a fluid) having been propelled about in flying drops or masses)

sparse; thin (not dense)

separated; spaced (spaced apart)

scattered (occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space)

rationed (distributed equitably in limited individual portions)

low-density (having low concentration)

far-flung; widespread (distributed over a considerable extent)

encyclical (intended for wide distribution)

divided; divided up; shared; shared out (distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose)

dispersed; spread (distributed or spread over a considerable extent)

dispensed (distributed or weighted out in carefully determined portions)

diffused ((of light rays) subjected to scattering by reflection from a rough surface or transmission through a translucent material)

diffuse (spread out; not concentrated in one place)

broken (discontinuous)

apportioned; dealt out; doled out; meted out; parceled out (given out in portions)

Also:

distributive (serving to distribute or allot or disperse)

Antonym:

concentrated (gathered together or made less diffuse)

 Context examples 

A morphologic architectural pattern in which a cellular population is distributed in a localized or relatively uneven fashion throughout a specified tissue area; not diffuse.

(Focal Pattern, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, fluorine F 18 FMAU is distributed and taken up by cells based on the rate of the cell's DNA synthesis.

(Fluorine F 18 d-FMAU, NCI Thesaurus)

The distribution of the ratio of two independent quantities each of which is distributed like a variance in a normally distributed sample.

(F-Distribution, NCI Thesaurus)

Distributed feedback patterns to rewards predict heightened pain sensitivity, according to the new research led by Frauke Nees, PhD, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.

(Study in Teens Shows Brain Responses to Rewards Linked to Pain Sensitivity, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

These ice deposits are patchily distributed and could possibly be ancient.

(Ice Confirmed at the Moon's Poles, NASA)

In a fully distributed scheme, each memory would be coded by a pattern of activity across many neurons.

(Storing memories of recent events, NIH)

The researchers designed tiny microfluidic chambers and placed evenly distributed square and round obstacles in them.

(Bacteria change behavior to tackle tiny obstacle course, National Science Foundation)

Strong winds in the Dry Valleys, however, can temporarily cause large spikes in the amount of locally produced black carbon, which is distributed through the ecosystem.

(Soot transported from elsewhere in world contributes little to melting of some Antarctic glaciers, National Science Foundation)

EJB technology enables rapid and simplified development of distributed, transactional, secure and portable applications based on Java technology.

(Enterprise Java Bean, NCI Thesaurus)

This value assumes that the compound is uniformly distributed in the body of the organism at the concentration found in its plasma or another tissue.

(Distribution Volume, NCI Thesaurus)