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.
Separation into parts or classes;
arrangement of anything into parts; disposition;
classification.
That which is distributed.
A resolving a whole into
its parts.
The sorting of types and
placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.
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operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the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.