Word Meaning

distributive definition and meaning

a. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing to each his proper share.
a. Assigning the species of a general term.
a. Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively; as, a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as each, either, every; a distributive numeral, as (Latin) bini (two by two).
n. A distributive adjective or pronoun; also, a distributive numeral.