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WIDELY DISTRIBUTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Growing or occurring in many parts of the world
Example:
cosmopolitan in distribution
Synonyms:
cosmopolitan; widely distributed
Classified under:
Domain category:
bionomics; ecology; environmental science (the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment)
Context examples:
Any of a group of acidic polypeptides that are the soluble protein constituents of the secretory granules of the chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla; they are also widely distributed in endocrine tissues and tumor cells.
(Chromogranin, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
A new analysis of data from two lunar missions finds evidence that the Moon’s water is widely distributed across the surface and is not confined to a particular region or type of terrain.
(On Second Thought, the Moon's Water May Be Widespread and Immobile, NASA)
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