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DISTRIBUTED

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spread out or scattered about or divided up

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

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)

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

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Past simple / past participle of the verb distribute

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 Context examples: 

A morphologic architectural pattern in which a cellular population is distributed in a relatively uniform fashion throughout a specified tissue area; not focal.

(Diffuse Pattern, NCI Thesaurus)

In some cases this can give better results, particularly where the data is not 'normally' distributed.

(Cosine Distance Method, NCI Thesaurus)

The tumor is composed of round or oval mononuclear cells and uniformly distributed osteoclast-like giant cells.

(Benign Giant Cell Tumor of Bone, NCI Thesaurus)

Adenylyl cyclase is encoded by the ADCY9 gene and widely distributed.

(Adenylate Cyclase, NCI Thesaurus)

The attack involved targeting Dyn's domain name system servers with a large volume of requests, rendering it incapable of serving replies to legitimate requests — a DDoS (distributed denial of service) attack.

(Distributed malware attacks Dyn DNS, takes down websites in US, Wikinews)

Modern technology, distributed with or as a part of a drug product that allows for the uniform release or targeting of drugs to the body.

(Drug Delivery System, NCI Thesaurus)

It remains unclear how the newly discovered activity affects knowledge about the glacier, because researchers don't yet know how volcanic heat is distributed along the bottom of the ice sheet.

(Previously unsuspected volcanic activity confirmed under West Antarctic Ice Sheet at Pine Island Glacier, National Science Foundation)

So snug and warm was it, that he was loath to leave it when François distributed the fish which he had first thawed over the fire.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

The branch of pharmacokinetics that studies the process by which a drug is distributed by the body.

(Pharmacokinetics: Distribution, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

According to theory, since the doughnut structures would take on random orientations, the black holes should also be distributed randomly.

(NASA's WISE findings poke hole in black hole 'Doughnut' theory, NASA)