What is the meaning of distributed?

verb

• Administer or bestow, as in small portions.
  • usage: "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
  • synonyms: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
• Distribute or disperse widely.
  • usage: "The invaders spread their language all over the country"
  • synonyms: spread, distribute
• Make available.
  • usage: "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia"
  • synonyms: distribute
• Give to several people.
  • usage: "The teacher handed out the exams"
  • synonyms: distribute, give out, hand out, pass out
• Cause be distributed.
  • usage: "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"
  • synonyms: circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute
• Cause to become widely known.
  • usage: "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
  • synonyms: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
• Spread throughout a given area.
  • usage: "the function distributes the values evenly"
  • synonyms: distribute
• Be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses.
  • usage: "Values distribute"
  • synonyms: distribute
• Be mathematically distributive.
  • synonyms: distribute
• To arrange in a systematic order.
  • usage: "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"
  • synonyms: stagger, distribute

adjective

• Spread out or scattered about or divided up. .