distributions

How things divide

Distributions is the plural of distribution—the process of spreading, delivering, or apportioning something across recipients or locations.

A company handles distributions of its products through warehouses.

In statistics, a distribution describes how values are spread across a range: normal distributions, probability distributions.

Financial distributions are payments from funds or estates to beneficiaries: quarterly distributions from the trust.

statistics

probability

Quantified chance of occurrence

normalConforming to standard
varianceSpread around the mean
meanAverage, or spiteful

median · mode · skewness · histogram · frequency · percentile · quantile · sample · population · outliers

spread

dispersion

Scattering across space

scatterDistribute in random directions
disseminationWide distribution of information
diffusionPassive molecular spreading

geographic · spatial · pattern · clustering · range · coverage · density · concentration · dispersal · mapping

allocation

apportionment

Division into shares

allotmentDesignated share or portion
rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
divisionSplitting into parts

sharing · dispersal · partitioning · budgeting · earmarking · provisioning · subdivision · quota · assignment · proportioning

wealth

inequality

Unequal distribution of resources

incomeRegular monetary receipts
povertySevere lack of resources
affluenceAbundance of money

progressive · regressive · taxation · inheritance · intergenerational · class · stratification · disparity · concentration · economic

logistics

supply-chain

Production-to-consumer pathway

warehousingStoring goods commercially
fulfillmentState of achieved purpose
wholesaleBulk sales to merchants

retail · channel · network · hub · routing · last-mile · inventory · stockpiling · outlets · dealership

deliveries

parcel

Wrapped item for shipping

shipmentGoods being transported
courierDelivery person or service
packageWrapped item for delivery

mail · carrier · post · tracking · express · overnight · recipient · doorstep · route · newspaper

Categories

Datadata points, datasets, data tables, database, databases
demographicspopulation density, population growth, population, gender ratio, ethnic groups
probabilityprobability, chance, random, randomness, odds
sharesshares, share, profit sharing, divvy, market share
statisticsmean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation
data analysisstatistics, analysis, analytics, conclusions, mean

Opposites

dispersal vs. accumulation

distributionscollections

Gathered groups of items

accumulations · concentrations · aggregations · gatherings · hoardings

allocation vs. retention

distributionsretentions

Acts of keeping possession

withholdings · hoardings · confiscations · seizures · appropriations

statistical spread vs. concentration

distributionssingularities

Points where quantities become infinite

degeneracies · constants · uniformities · collapses

Phrases

distribution listsPreset email recipient collections
gas distributionDelivering fuel via pipelines
video distributionDelivering recorded media
condom distributionSupplying barrier birth control
distribution centerFacility for routing goods
food distributionAllocating provisions to recipients

Family

distribution, redistribution, misdistribution

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