Definition of: distributive

(dis·trib′yə·tiv) adjective
1. Serving or tending to distribute; pertaining to distribution.
2. Denoting individual action of consideration.
3. Gram. Denoting objects or groups composed of individuals acting individually: The distributive pronouns “each,” “every,” “either,” and “neither” are called distributive adjectives when they modify nouns.
4. Expressing the act of taking singly: the Latin distributive numeral “bini” (two by two).
5. Logic Indicating or effecting the distribution of a term.
—noun A distributive pronoun, adjective, or numeral, as each, every, etc.
—dis·trib′u·tive·ly adverb
—dis·trib′·u·tive·ness noun