Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

distributional

/ˌdɪs.tɹəˈbjuː.ʃə.nəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables: dis-tri-bu-tion-al
IPA: /ˌdɪs.tɹəˈbjuː.ʃə.nəl/

17

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to distribution

adj

Having an uneven distribution.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From distribution + -al.

Inflected Forms

more distributional (comparative) most distributional (superlative)

Derived Forms

distributionally equidistributional interdistributional intradistributional nondistributional palaeodistributional paleodistributional subdistributional

Phrases

distributional semantics

Questions

How do you pronounce distributional?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdɪs.tɹəˈbjuː.ʃə.nəl/.
What does distributional mean?: Of or pertaining to distribution
Where does distributional come from?: From distribution + -al.

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