Isn't "transitive" the wrong word?

[Walter Bright]

BCS wrote:
> 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.

We should only invent new jargon if we're forced to. I don't see any 
compelling reason not to use transitive in the same form that academics 
use it to write papers about.