from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
distributed \distributed\ adj.
1. spread from a central location to multiple points or
recipients. Opposite of {concentrated}. [Narrower terms:
{apportioned, dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled
out}; {diffuse, diffused}; {dispensed}; {dispersed,
spread}; {divided, divided up, shared, shared out on the
basis of a plan or purpose)}; {encyclical}; {rationed};
{scattered, widespread}; {sparse, thin}; {unfocused,
unfocussed}] Also See: {distributive}.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. spread among a variety of securities; -- of investments.
Syn: diversified.
[WordNet 1.5]
Distributing to the necessity of saints. --Rom.
xii. 13.
[1913 Webster]