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Definition of Transitivity

1. Noun. (logic and mathematics) a relation between three elements such that if it holds between the first and second and it also holds between the second and third it must necessarily hold between the first and third.

2. Noun. The grammatical relation created by a transitive verb.

Definition of Transitivity

1. Noun. (grammar) The degree in which any one verb can take/govern objects. ¹

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Definition of Transitivity

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transitivity

transitioning transitionist transitionists transitionless transitions transitive transitive-verb transitive animate transitive verb transitive verb form

transitive verbs transitively transitiveness transitivise transitivities transitivity (current term) transitivize transitorily transitoriness transitory

transits transitted transitting transjugular transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt transketolase transketolases transketolation translatability translatable

Literary usage of Transitivity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Primitive Groups by William Albert Manning (1921)
"The Limit of transitivity. I. A primitive group of degree n which contains a transitive subgroup of degree m is at least n — 2m -f- 3 times transitive. ..."

2. On Primitive Groups of Odd Order by Henry Lewis Rietz (1904)
"... number of letters in the substitutions of an intransitive group is equal to the excess of the degree over the number of systems of in transitivity. ..."

3. Report on the American Workforce by Harley Frazis (1998)
"transitivity adjustment. The Tornqvist indexes thus constructed permit comparisons of the ... However, they lack a desirable property termed transitivity. ..."

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