That distributes; dividing and assigning in portions; dealing to each his proper share.Specifically—2. In logic, showing that a statement refers to each individual of a class separately, and not to these individuals as making up the whole class.Expressing separation or division: as, a distributive prefix: specifically, in grammar, used to denote the persons or things that constitute a pair or number, as considered separately and singly: as, a distributive pronoun; a distributive numeral.In mathematics, operating upon every part in operating upon the wholeF Φ (x, y, z, etc.) = Φ (Fx, Fy, Fz, etc.).In a more general sense, every formula which expresses that the operations f, F, Φ, are so related that in every case Φ F(x, y) = f (Φx, Φy).n. In grammar, a word that divides or distributes, as each and every, which represent the individuals of a collective number as separate.