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

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Thomas Jefferson