{Distributing past office}, an office where the mails for a large district are collected to be assorted according to their destination and forwarded. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Distributing — Distribute Dis*trib ute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distributed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distributing}.] [L. distributus, p. p. of distribuere to divide, distribute; dis + tribuere to assign, give, allot. See {Tribute}.] 1. To divide among several or many;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Distributing — Распределение; Распространение; Разбор (шрифта, набора); Растир, раскат (краски) … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
distributing — adj. pertaining to distribution, dividing dis·trib·ute || dɪ strɪbjuËt v. deliver to, allot, hand out; divide into stages or classes … English contemporary dictionary
distributing — … Useful english dictionary
Distributing artery — Distributing arteries (or muscular arteries) are medium sized arteries that draw blood from an elastic artery and branch into resistance vessels including small arteries and arterioles. In contrast to the mechanism elastic arteries use to store… … Wikipedia
Distributing past office — Distributing Dis*trib u*ting, a. That distributes; dealing out. [1913 Webster] {Distributing past office}, an office where the mails for a large district are collected to be assorted according to their destination and forwarded. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
distributing center — index headquarters Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
distributing justice — index equitable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Distributing, Authoring and Versioning — Distributing, Authoring and Versioning, DAV … Universal-Lexikon
distributing unit — The area in a post office, post office station, post office branch, and airport mail center/facility where distribution clerks sort mail … Glossary of postal terms
