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transitivity

Noun

Meaning

(grammar) The degree in which any one verb can take/govern objects.
There are 3 cardinal degrees of transitivity of any one verb: intransitive, monotransitive and ditransitive.

(mathematics, logic) The property of being transitive.
The hypothetical syllogism inference rule states the transitivity of implication.

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Aspect is unusual in ASL in that transitive verbs derived for aspect lose their grammatical transitivity. Source: Internet

In contrast to valency, the transitivity of a verb only considers the objects. Source: Internet

Also, pairs of verbs differing only in transitivity exist. Source: Internet

Here the order relation on the elements of A is inherited from P; for this reason, reflexivity and transitivity need not be required explicitly. Source: Internet

Some languages like Japanese have different forms of certain verbs to show transitivity. Source: Internet

The deepest part of the proof concerns the equivalence of perspectivity with "projectivity by decomposition"—of which a corollary is the transitivity of perspectivity." Source: Internet

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