transitive

IPA: trˈænzʌtɪv

Making a transit or passage.
Affected by transference of signification.
(grammar, of a verb) Taking a direct object or objects.
(set theory, of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element a is related to b and b is related to c, then a is necessarily related to c.
(algebra, of a group action) Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.
(graph theory, of a graph) Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other.
(probability) Of a set of dice: not having the intransitive property.

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