different between monetary vs distributive

English

Etymology

From Middle French monétaire, from Late Latin mon?t?rius (“pertaining to money”), from Latin mon?t?rius (“of a mint”), from mon?ta (“mint, coinage”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m?n?t?i/, /?m?n?t??i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?n?te?i/, /?m?n?te?i/

Adjective

monetary (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.

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Further reading

• monetary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• monetary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• monetary at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• myronate

English

Etymology

From Middle French distributif

Adjective

distributive (comparative more distributive, superlative most distributive)

1. Relating to distribution.
2. Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
3. (mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.

   If function f is distributive with respect to function g, then ${\displaystyle f(a,g(b,c))=g(f(a,b),f(a,c))}$.

   If the operation ${\displaystyle \star }$ is distributive with respect to the operation ${\displaystyle \circ }$, then ${\displaystyle a\star (b\circ c)=(a\star b)\circ (a\star c)}$.

4. (logic) Assigning the species of a general term.
5. (grammar) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.

Derived terms

• distributive education
• distributive justice
• distributive lattice
• semidistributive

Translations

Noun

distributive (plural distributives)

1. (grammar) distributive case
2. (grammar) A distributive adjective or pronoun.
3. (mathematics) A distributive numeral.

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French

Adjective

distributive

1. feminine singular of distributif

Italian

Adjective

distributive

1. feminine plural of distributivo

Swedish

Adjective

distributive

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of distributiv.