distributiveadjective
/dɪˈstrɪb.jə.tɪv//dɪˈstrɪb.jə.t̬ɪv/(of a mathematical operation) giving the same result whether parts are acted on in combination or separately
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Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division
- add
- add (sth) up
- addition sign
- associative property
- borrow
- carry sth forward/over
- cube
- deduct
- divide
- divisor
- greatest common factor
- long division
- minus
- multiplication table
- multiply
- plus
- power
- quadruple
- table
- times
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(of an adjective) showing that the members of a group are to be treated separately, rather than as a group:
"Each" and "every" are distributive adjectives.
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Linguistic terms & linguistic style
- affricate
- allophone
- anaphor
- anaphora
- anaphoric
- double entendre
- ellipsis
- idiomatic
- irregular
- linguistic
- litotes
- neurolinguistics
- oxymoron
- parallelism
- philology
- portmanteau word
- prosody
- semiotics
- tone language
- tongue
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