- transitiveness
- noun see transitive
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
transitiveness
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transitiveness — noun The quality of being transitive. Meditation on the transitiveness of the world and the incertitude of life are the favorite themes of Kabir … Wiktionary
Transitiveness — Transitive Tran si*tive, a. [L. transitivus: cf. F. transitif. See {Transient}.] 1. Having the power of making a transit, or passage. [R.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Effected by transference of signification. [1913 Webster] By far the greater part… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitiveness — See transitively. * * * … Universalium
transitiveness — n. temporariness, impermanence … English contemporary dictionary
transitiveness — tran·si·tive·ness … English syllables
transitiveness — noun the grammatical relation created by a transitive verb • Syn: ↑transitivity • Ant: ↑intransitivity (for: ↑transitivity) • Derivationally related forms: ↑transitive, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
transitivity — noun 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 • Topics: ↑logic,… … Useful english dictionary
transitive — adjective Etymology: Late Latin transitivus, from Latin transitus, past participle of transire Date: 1590 1. characterized by having or containing a direct object < a transitive verb > < a transitive construction > 2. being or relating to a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
transitive — transitively, adv. transitiveness, transitivity, n. /tran si tiv, zi /, adj. 1. Gram. having the nature of a transitive verb. 2. characterized by or involving transition; transitional; intermediate. 3. passing over to or affecting something else; … Universalium
adventitiousness — n. haphazardness, accidentalness; transitiveness, impermanence … English contemporary dictionary
