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antitransitivity

antitransitivity noun: the property of a binary relation that holds that if Rxy and Ryz, then not Rxz.

Noun

antitransitivity (uncountable)

  1. The property of a binary relation that holds that if Rxy and Ryz, then not Rxz.
    • The relation is antitransitive if whenever xRy and yRz hold, xRz does not hold.1994, Herbert B. Enderton, A Mathematical Introduction to Logic, Academic Press, page 106

Antonyms of antitransitivity

Origin of antitransitivity

From anti- + transitivity.

Questions about antitransitivity

What does antitransitivity mean?
Antitransitivity means the property of a binary relation that holds that if Rxy and Ryz, then not Rxz.
What part of speech is antitransitivity?
Antitransitivity is a noun.

Words near antitransitivity in the dictionary

  1. antitransforms
  2. antitransgender
  3. antitransglutaminase
  4. antitransit
  5. antitransition
  6. antitransitivity
  7. antitransmasculinity
  8. antitranspirant
  9. antitranspirants
  10. antitransportation
  11. antitranssexual

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