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distributive number

distributive number noun: a numeral that expresses the amount or quantity of something as it pertains to each member of a set, such as the number of times something happens at once, or the number of members affected each time.

Noun

distributive number (plural distributive numbers)

  1. A numeral that expresses the amount or quantity of something as it pertains to each member of a set, such as the number of times something happens at once, or the number of members affected each time.
    • "Singly" is a distributive number, while "single" is a multiplier.

Forms of distributive number

pluraldistributive numbers

Questions about distributive number

What does distributive number mean?
Distributive number means a numeral that expresses the amount or quantity of something as it pertains to each member of a set, such as the number of times something happens at once, or the number of members affected each time.
What part of speech is distributive number?
Distributive number is a noun.
What is the plural of distributive number?
The plural of distributive number is distributive numbers.

Words near distributive number in the dictionary

  1. distributive case
  2. distributive cases
  3. distributive education
  4. distributive lattice
  5. distributive lattices
  6. distributive number
  7. distributive numbers
  8. distributively
  9. distributiveness
  10. distributives
  11. distributivism

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