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(Also called probability distribution function.) A function F(x) yielding the probability that a stated random variable will assume some value less than or equal to any arbitrary number x. By definition, the distribution function is identically zero for all values of x below the least admissible value of the random variable, and identically unity for all values of x equal to or greater than the greatest admissible value of the random variable. Moreover, F(x 2 ) F(x 1 ) whenever x 2 > x 1 . ...
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| distribution |
[dis-tri-BU-shun] the geographical area inhabited by an animal species.
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| distribution function |
A graph of some precise quantitative measure of a character against its frequency of occurrence.
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1. The productive activity of getting produced goods from the factory into the hands of consumers. 2. The amounts of income or wealth in the hands of different portions of a population.
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This is a general term for the dispersal of a xenobiotic and its derivatives throughout an organism or environmental system.
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