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.

Examples of "transitive" in Sentences

It's called the transitive property in higher math.
Mr. Kimble, my math teacher, says that's what's called the transitive property.
One metric of trust is transitive, that is, the trustworthiness of the people who trust someone.
On the one hand, the notion of transitive creature consciousness seems like a close cousin to the notion of intentionality.
When the verb is transitive, that is, when the action cannot happen without affecting something, the thing affected is called the _object_.