1. giving out: the handing out or delivery of things to a number of people the distribution of leaflets
2. sharing: the process of dividing up and giving out something shared by a number of people the distribution of wealth
3. scattering: the scattering or spreading of something over an area
4. commerce selling and delivery: the selling and delivery of goods to retailers
5. comput set of recipients: a topic-oriented controlled subset of the total number of potential recipients to which a message, article, or posting to a mailing list or newsgroup is sent
6. ecology entire area where species is found: the area or areas taken together where something is located or where a species lives and reproduces
7. statistics spread of statistics: the spread of statistics within known or possible limits, especially in relation to the norm or to expectations
8. law sharing out of somebody's estate: the dividing up of the estate of somebody who has died intestate among people who are entitled to receive a share
9. logic recombining of two propositions: the recombining of two operations from one proposition in another equivalent proposition, e.g. "p and (q or r)" is equivalent to "(p and q) or (p and r)"
