Definition:Distributive Lattice

Definition
Let $\left({S, \vee, \wedge, \preceq}\right)$ be a lattice.

Then $\left({S, \vee, \wedge, \preceq}\right)$ is distributive one (hence all) of the following equivalent statements holds:

That is, $\left({S, \vee, \wedge, \preceq}\right)$ is distributive $\wedge$ and $\vee$ distribute over each other.

Also see

 * Equivalence of Definitions of Distributive Lattice