Transitivity
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- In grammar, a verb is transitive if it takes an object. See Transitive verb.
- In mathematics, a binary relation is transitive' if and together imply . For example, the less-than relation is transitive. See Transitivity. A group action is transitive if it has just one orbit. It is called doubly transitive if it is transitive on ordered pairs of distinct elements; and so on for triply transitive, etc.. An ergodic group action is also called metrically transitive.