in grammar, having or containing a direct object
a transitive verb
a transitive construction
in logic or mathematics, of or being a relation such that if the relation holds between a first element and a second and between the second element and a third, it holds between the first and third elements
of or characterized by transition
transitively adv
transitiveness noun
transitivity /-ʹtiviti/ noun
[late Latin transitivus, from Latin transire: see transient1]