different between transitive vs transitional

English

Etymology

From Latin tr?nsit?vus, from tr?nsitus, from tr?ns (“across”) + itus, from e? (“to go”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tr?n'z?t?v, IPA^(key): /?t?ænz?t?v/

Adjective

transitive (not comparable)

1. Making a transit or passage.
2. Affected by transference of signification.
3. (grammar, of a verb) Taking a direct object or objects.

   Antonym: intransitive
4. (set theory, of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element x is related to y and y is related to z, then x is necessarily related to z.

   Antonyms: intransitive, nontransitive

5. (algebra, of a group action) Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.
6. (graph theory, of a graph) Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• reflexive
• symmetric

References

• transitive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• revisitant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???.zi.tiv/
• Rhymes: -iv
• Homophone: transitives

Adjective

transitive

1. feminine singular of transitif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

transitive

1. inflection of transitiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

transitive

1. feminine plural of transitivo

Anagrams

• intervista, intestarvi, intraviste, rinvestita, rinvitaste, strinatevi, vetrinista

Latin

Adjective

tr?nsit?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of tr?nsit?vus

English

Etymology

transition +? -al

Adjective

transitional (not comparable)

1. of, or relating to a transition
2. temporary; pending the implementation of something new

   XHTML 1.0 Transitional

Synonyms

• (temporary): provisional, provisory

Derived terms

• transitionally

Related terms

• transient
• transit
• transition
• transitive
• transitory

Translations