Definition: 1. Spread out or scattered about or divided up. 2. (of investments) distributed among a variety of securities.
Use 'distributed' in a sentence:
1. Though its overall effect may be positive, its costs and benefits are distributed unevenly.
2. Both are emulsions—tiny globules of one liquid evenly distributed throughout another.
3. Only rarely are supplementary worksheets distributed in a maths class.
4. The donated books would be distributed among schools in the area.
5. In the NBA the revenue from those jersey sales, as well as foreign TV rights, are equally distributed between all 30 teams.
6. As Nature has pointed out before, there are some legitimate concerns about how science prizes—both new and old—are distributed.
7. This gives us a high level view of how our data is distributed.
8. Even though manufacturers and retailers can forecast aggregate demand with some certainty, forecasting accurately how that demand will be distributed among the many SKU's they sell is difficult.
9. They receive evenly distributed heat.
10. Influence of Critical Value by Different Distributed Random Number Phase-Randomized.
11. Race number cloth will be distributed on race day.
12. In the unfertilized egg, the substances are inactive and are not distributed homogeneously.
13. There are also sparsely distributed, highly nutritious fruits, and Bell found that only the Thomson's gazelles eat much of these.
14. The upper house is called the Senate which has 100 seats equally distributed among the four provinces of Pakistan.
15. She was taking the food to the refugee camp, in which she distributed it to children.
16. The way rewards are distributed should be transparent so that employees perceive that rewards or outcomes are equitable and equal to the inputs given.
17. Assessing the impact of the army on the civilian population starts from the realization that the soldiers were always unevenly distributed across the country.
18. Everyone got a chunk of meat which was distributed by a bizarre stone knife.
19. That means the researcher might decide to observe only during 15 second intervals that are randomly distributed within each 20 minute period.
20. Higher education is unequally distributed across social classes.
21. Some types of plants are widely distributed.
22. These cells are widely distributed throughout the body.
23. The organization distributed food to the earthquake victims.
24. The prizes were distributed among five winners.
25. The task of the organization is to ensure fair play when food is distributed to the refugees.
26. We are determined to set up a complete, rationally distributed scientific and technological research system.
27. All the tickets were soon distributed.
28. The Yi nationality is distributed mainly over Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces.
29. Galactic surveys show that distant galaxies are not as evenly distributed in space as theory predicts.
30. The teacher distributed the examination papers round the class.
31. Students shouted slogans and distributed leaflets.
32. The newspaper is distributed free.
33. They seized the land and distributed it among the peasants.
34. A great deal of food is distributed and sold privately without ever reaching the shops.
35. Food and water have been distributed among the refugees.
36. Alms were distributed to those in need.
37. Pressure must be uniformly distributed over the whole surface.
38. The planet Venus takes 243 earth-days to turn once on its axis, so incoming heat from the sun is added and distributed at a more leisurely, observable pace.
39. The money was distributed among schools in the area.
40. Most of the furniture was left to the neighbours or distributed among friends.
41. Make sure that your weight is evenly distributed.
