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distributed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /dɪˈstɹɪbjutɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈdɪstɹɪbjutɪd/ (Canada, General-American, uncommon, usually) as verb; not as adjective
  • (California) audio
  • /ˈdɪstɹɪbjutɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation, uncommon, usually) as verb; not as adjective
  • /dɪˈstɹɪbjutɪd/ (Canada, General-American)
  • [ˈdɪstɹɪbjuɾɪd] (Canada, General-American)
  • [dɪˈstɹɪbjuɾɪd] (Canada, General-American)

Meanings

  1. Spread across a relatively wide area.
    • Webster and Wong (2008) found that semivirtual teams had more positive perceptions of their local teammates compared to the distributed teammates […] 2014, Jessica L. Wildman, Richard L. Griffith, Leading Global Teams, page 80:
  2. Involving numerous separate computers or entities, rather than the traditional one.
    • distributed computing
    • distributed ray tracing

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most distributed Degree=Sup lexicographic
more distributed Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

distributedness · distributedly · nondistributed · geodistributed · maldistributed · biodistributed · distributed hash table · codistributed · undistributed · equidistributed · distributed ledger

distributed en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /dɪˈstɹɪbjutɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈdɪstɹɪbjutɪd/ (Canada, General-American, uncommon, usually) as verb; not as adjective
  • (California) audio
  • /ˈdɪstɹɪbjutɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation, uncommon, usually) as verb; not as adjective
  • /dɪˈstɹɪbjutɪd/ (Canada, General-American)
  • [ˈdɪstɹɪbjuɾɪd] (Canada, General-American)
  • [dɪˈstɹɪbjuɾɪd] (Canada, General-American)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of distribute
    form of distribute