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distributional

/ˌdɪs.tɹəˈbjuː.ʃə.nəl/

distributional adjective: of or pertaining to distribution.

Adjective

distributional (comparative more distributional, superlative most distributional)

  1. Of or pertaining to distribution
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  2. Having an uneven distribution.

Forms of distributional

comparativemore distributional
superlativemost distributional

Origin of distributional

From distribution + -al.

Words formed from distributional

Questions about distributional

What does distributional mean?
Distributional means of or pertaining to distribution.
What part of speech is distributional?
Distributional is an adjective.
How do you pronounce distributional?
Distributional is pronounced /ˌdɪs.tɹəˈbjuː.ʃə.nəl/.

Words near distributional in the dictionary

  1. distribution server
  2. distribution servers
  3. distribution transformer
  4. distribution transformers
  5. distribution-free
  6. distributional
  7. distributional semantics
  8. distributionalism
  9. distributionally
  10. distributional–relational database
  11. distributional–relational databases

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