REDISTRIBUTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does redistribution mean? 

• REDISTRIBUTION (noun)
  The noun REDISTRIBUTION has 1 sense:

1. distributing again

  Familiarity information: REDISTRIBUTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDISTRIBUTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Distributing again

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the revolution resulted in a redistribution of wealth

Hypernyms ("redistribution" is a kind of...):

distribution (the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning)

Derivation:

redistribute (distribute anew)

 Context examples 

Short term color changes are brought about by an active redistribution of the melanophores pigment containing organelles (MELANOSOMES).

(Murine Melanophores, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A congenital or acquired disorder characterized by abnormal loss or redistribution of the adipose tissue in the body.

(Lipodystrophy, NCI Thesaurus)

Posttranslational modification of Cortactin coincides with redistribution to cell-matrix contact sites.

(Cortactin, NCI Thesaurus)

These turbulent structures are key to the redistribution of the heavier elements — which are cooked up by massive stars as they live and die — into the interstellar medium, where they eventually form new stars and planets.

(Dead Star Circled by Light, ESO)