noun
Pronunciation:
[dɪsˌtrɪbjʊˈtɪvɪti]
Meaning:
a property connecting addition and multiplication; for all numbers a, b, c it holds that a(b+c) = ac + bc and (a+b)c = ac + bc
Sources:
https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/55790?redirectedFrom=distributivity#eid
https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/55787#eid6517953
https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Distributive.html
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