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distributional en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌdɪs.tɹəˈbjuː.ʃə.nəl/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From distribution + -al.

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to distribution
    • Objective 2: Manage and enhance through fieldwork major segments of the U. S. National Insect Collection to be used for morphological and molecular research by U.S. scientists and stakeholders worldwide; mine the associated distributional and biological data for comprehensive databases, and provide rapid authoritative identifications, especially of potentially threatening insect pests. (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, SYSTEMATICS OF HYPER-DIVERSE MOTH SUPERFAMILIES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON AGRICULTURAL PESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS, AND FOOD SECURITY:
  2. Having an uneven distribution.

Forms

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most distributional Degree=Sup lexicographic
more distributional Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

interdistributional · subdistributional · distributionally · equidistributional · nondistributional · palaeodistributional · intradistributional · distributional semantics · paleodistributional