Transitivity

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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:


          {transitiveness}] [ant: {intransitivity}]