Associations to the word «Transitivity»

Wiktionary

TRANSITIVITY, noun. (grammar) The degree in which any one verb can take/govern objects.
TRANSITIVITY, noun. (mathematics) The property of being transitive.

Dictionary definition

TRANSITIVITY, 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.
TRANSITIVITY, noun. The grammatical relation created by a transitive verb.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.