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Phrases 14
- transitive verbA verb that is accompanied (either clearly or implicitly) by a direct object in the active voice. It links the action taken by the subject with the object upon which that action is taken. Consequently, transitive verbs can also be used in …
- transitive dependencyAn attribute of a relation that depends on a key but also on a third attribute which is not a key; this is a violation of third normal form.
- doubly transitiveSynonym of ditransitive: Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and an indirect object. An example is 'give', which entails a giver (subject), a gift (direct object) and a receiver (indirect object).
- transitive closureThe smallest binary relation on X that includes R and is transitive.
- transitive setAny set X such that for any x ∈ X, if y ∈ x then y ∈ X; equivalently, such that if x ∈ X and x is not an urelement then x ⊆ X.
- transitive verbsplural of transitive verb: A verb that is accompanied (either clearly or implicitly) by a direct object in the active voice. It links the action taken by the subject with the object upon which that action is taken. Consequently, transitive …
- indirect transitiveTaking an indirect object.
- complex transitiveIn English, a verb that requires both a direct object and an object complement to complete its meaning.
- quasi-transitiveSuch that its vertex set can be partitioned into finitely many sets, so that there exists an automorphism mapping a vertex to another vertex if and only if the two vertices belong to the same set in that partition.
- semi-transitiveSuch that there exists a finite vertex set so that for any vertex there exists another vertex in that finite set and an injective homomorphism of the graph that maps the second vertex to the first vertex.
- transitive animateBelonging to the class of transitive verbs that take animate direct objects.
- transitive closuresplural of transitive closure: The smallest binary relation on X that includes R and is transitive.
- transitive dependenciesplural of transitive dependency: An attribute of a relation that depends on a key but also on a third attribute which is not a key; this is a violation of third normal form.
- transitive setsplural of transitive set: Any set X such that for any x ∈ X, if y ∈ x then y ∈ X; equivalently, such that if x ∈ X and x is not an urelement then x ⊆ X.
Compound words 14
- transitivityThe degree in which any one verb can take or govern objects.
- transitivizeTo make transitive.
- bitransitiveSynonym of ditransitive: Of a class of verbs which take both a direct and an indirect object. An example is 'give', which entails a giver (subject), a gift (direct object) and a receiver (indirect object).
- tritransitiveOf or relating to a class of verbs or constructions which take three objects.
- untransitiveNot transitive.
- nontransitivenot transitive; intransitive
- supertransitiveDescribing a transitive set that contains all subsets of all its elements
- transitivismA confusion of oneself with others.
- transitivizationConversion to a transitive form.
- transivitiseTo make a verb transitive.