(n.) The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of
dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the
distribution of an estate among heirs or children.
(n.) Separation into parts or classes; arrangement of
anything into parts; disposition; classification.
(n.) That which is distributed.
(n.) A resolving a whole into its parts.
(n.) The sorting of types and placing them in their proper
boxes in the cases.
(n.) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to
and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston; viz.,
admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and
compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.
