DISTRIBUTION

n. Di2s-tri2-bu2'shu3n. Or., av<6o<rts, 6iaYcopTjiTis. Lat., distributio (from distribuere, to distribute). Fr., a. Ger., Ver the i lung. It., distribuzione. Sp., distribucion. 1. The manner in which a nerve, an artery, or the like supplies a part by its terminal branches, also the part supplied by a particular ve el or nerve. 2. In botany, zoology, etc., the apportionment of any particular plant, animal, etc., throughout the world. O, no; O, not; O3, whole; Th, thin; Th", the; U, like oo in too; [s. 599]