TRANSITIVE

adjective Etymology: Late Latin transitivus, from Latin transitus, past participle of transire Date: 1590 characterized by having or containing a direct object , being or relating to a relation with the property 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, relating to, or characterized by transition, ~ly adverb ~ness noun transitivity noun