TRANSITIVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transitivity mean? 

• TRANSITIVITY (noun)
  The noun TRANSITIVITY has 2 senses:

1. (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. the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb

  Familiarity information: TRANSITIVITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSITIVITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("transitivity" is a kind of...):

logical relation (a relation between propositions)

mathematical relation (a relation between mathematical expressions (such as equality or inequality))

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The grammatical relation created by a transitive verb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

transitiveness; transitivity

Hypernyms ("transitivity" is a kind of...):

grammatical relation (a linguistic relation established by grammar)

Antonym:

intransitivity (the grammatical relation created by an intransitive verb)

Derivation:

transitive (designating a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning)