quasi-transitive

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌkweɪzaɪ ˈtrænzətɪv/ UK /ˌkweɪzaɪ ˈtrænzɪtɪv/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
approximately transitive; allowing a weaker or graded relation between the first and third terms when successive pairs are related

Russell calls similarity quasi-transitive because two objects each resembling a third need not resemble one another equally closely.
2

adj
describing a graph on which the automorphism group has only finitely many vertex orbits

The infinite graph is quasi-transitive even though no automorphism sends every vertex to every other vertex.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · approximately transitive;... approximately transitive

Opposites

strictly transitiveintransitive

Word family

Forms quasi-transitiveness

Derived forms quasi-transitivityquasi-transitiveness

Related forms transitivetransitivityrelation

Etymology

Formed from quasi- ("as if; almost"), from Latin quasi, + transitive. In mathematics and logic, the prefix marks a relation or structure that retains a weakened form of transitivity rather than satisfying the ordinary property exactly.

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# quasi-transitive

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌkweɪzaɪ ˈtrænzətɪv/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌkweɪzaɪ ˈtrænzɪtɪv/

## Meanings
1. approximately transitive; allowing a weaker or graded relation between the first and third terms when successive pairs are related
2. describing a graph on which the automorphism group has only finitely many vertex orbits

## Examples
- Russell calls similarity quasi-transitive because two objects each resembling a third need not resemble one another equally closely.
- The infinite graph is quasi-transitive even though no automorphism sends every vertex to every other vertex.

## Synonyms
- approximately transitive

## Antonyms
- strictly transitive
- intransitive

## Derived Forms
- quasi-transitivity
- quasi-transitiveness

## Related Forms
- transitive
- transitivity
- relation

## Etymology
Formed from quasi- ("as if; almost"), from Latin quasi, + transitive. In mathematics and logic, the prefix marks a relation or structure that retains a weakened form of transitivity rather than satisfying the ordinary property exactly.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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