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transitive closure

transitive closure noun: the smallest binary relation on X that includes R and is transitive.

Noun

transitive closure (plural transitive closures)

  1. The smallest binary relation on X that includes R and is transitive.
  2. The smallest transitive set that contains X.

Forms of transitive closure

pluraltransitive closures

Questions about transitive closure

What does transitive closure mean?
Transitive closure means the smallest binary relation on X that includes R and is transitive.
What part of speech is transitive closure?
Transitive closure is a noun.
What is the plural of transitive closure?
The plural of transitive closure is transitive closures.

Words near transitive closure in the dictionary

  1. transitionlessness
  2. transitions
  3. transitival
  4. transitive
  5. transitive animate
  6. transitive closure
  7. transitive closures
  8. transitive dependencies
  9. transitive dependency
  10. transitive set
  11. transitive sets

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