transitivity

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transitivity - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  transitivity
      n 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 [syn:
         transitivity, transitiveness] [ant: intransitiveness,
         intransitivity]