Isn't "transitive" the wrong word?

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Walter Bright wrote:
> Janice Caron wrote:
> 
>> Sorry to go all grammar/mathematics nit-picky, but isn't "transitive"
>> completely the wrong word?
> 
> 
> No, it is used in this sense in academic papers on the subject.

That might not answer the question.

One question that should be asked (but it might be to late to ask) is; 
is transitive the word that /should/ be used? Note that this is distinct 
from the question of transitive being the world that /is/ used.