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tag: 0GJZW9JFZQ
kind: concept
name: Transitive relation
aliases: [transitivity]
msc: ["03E20"]
sources:
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitive_relation
    locator: lead section
same_as:
  wikidata: Q64861
  wikipedia: Transitive relation
---

## Summary

A relation is transitive when it passes along chains.
If a first element is related to a second, and the second to a third, then the first is related to the third.