(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
the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb
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Transitivity implies that it is impossible to face the decision maker with a sequence of pairwise choices in which her preferences appear to cycle. 传递性暗示了我们不可能遇见一个选择结果相互矛盾的决策者，因为其选择结果表明她的偏好明显是相互循环的。
The transitivity of a finite group on the conjugates of some minimal subgroups influences or determines the structure of the group. 有限群在某个极小子群共轭类上的某种传递性影响或决定群的构造。
The fifth part analyzes the decisive factors of the semantic direction with the theory of the broad transitivity. 第五部分集中用广义及物性理论对制约补语语义指向的因素作了分析。
The present study will be on the transitivity analysis of crime news texts in English newspapers. 本文将对英文报纸中的犯罪新闻语篇进行及物性分析。
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[ˌtrænsə'tɪvəti]
