adjective

1. Rare of, showing, or characterized by transition; transitional
2. Gram. expressing an action thought of as passing over to and having an effect on some person or thing; taking a direct object: said of certain verbs
3. Math. designating a relation having the property that, whenever a first element bears a particular relation to a second that in turn bears this same relation to a third, the first element bears this relation to the third identity and equality are transitive relations

Etymology: LL transitivus < L transitus: see transit

noun