From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Encyclic \En*cyc"lic\, Encyclical \En*cyc"li*cal\, n.
An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope. --Shipley.
Encyclopedia
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Encyclic \En*cyc"lic\, Encyclical \En*cyc"li*cal\, a. [L.
encyclios of a circle, general, Gr. ?; ? in + ? circle: cf.
F. encyclique. See {Cycle}.]
Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a
whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical
letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope. Encyclic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
encyclical
adj 1: intended for wide distribution; "an encyclical letter"
n 1: a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops
throughout the world [syn: {encyclical}, {encyclical
letter}]
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