Distribution is the process of delivering or sharing something among many people or places. It can describe how goods move from factories to stores or how numbers or traits are spread in a group.
From Latin 'distributio' meaning 'a division, apportionment', from 'distribuere' meaning 'to divide, deal out'. The word has kept both the economic and mathematical senses of 'how things are spread'.
Whether it’s packages, wealth, or exam scores, 'distribution' always asks the same question: who gets what, and how much. Changing the distribution of something often matters more than changing the total amount.
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