(statistics) Free of specific assumptions about the shape of the probability distribution generating the sample.

(statistics, probability) A probability distribution of the ratio of two variables, each with a chi-square distribution; used in analysis of variance, especially in the significance testing of a correlation coefficient (R squared).

(algebra) A lattice in which the "meet" and the "join" operations are distributive with respect to each other.

The distance that is the sum of the thinking distance and the braking distance.

The distance travelled by a vehicle between the time that the need to brake is perceived, and the time that the brakes are applied

The distance travelled by a vehicle between the time that the brakes are applied and the vehicle coming to rest

plural of distal phalange / plural of distal phalanx

(networking) A class of routing protocol based on sending global state between neighbouring nodes.

(chemistry) A technique in which the volatile components of a material are separated by passing steam through the heated material

(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a Markov chain) a row vector 𝜋 whose entries sum to 1 that satisfies the equation 𝜋P=𝜋, where P is the transition matrix of the Markov chain.