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- adjective Not
transitive .
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Janken, as the first known true RPS game, was roused into existence by application of the Guu Choki Paa or Sansukumi way of thinking, which can be defined as a nontransitive tripartite system, or, in laymen’s terms, a three-way impasse.
THE OFFICIAL ROCK PAPER SCISSORS STRATEGY GUIDE DOUGLAS WALKER 2004
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Janken, as the first known true RPS game, was roused into existence by application of the Guu Choki Paa or Sansukumi way of thinking, which can be defined as a nontransitive tripartite system, or, in laymen’s terms, a three-way impasse.
THE OFFICIAL ROCK PAPER SCISSORS STRATEGY GUIDE DOUGLAS WALKER 2004
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In practice you'll find that people have these nontransitive beliefs all the time, and it's going to prevent this from working well. czarandy
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PAST PARTICIPLE (nontransitive): lain, (transitive): laid.
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PRESENT TENSE (nontransitive): lie, (transitive—requires an object): lay.
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PAST PARTICIPLE (nontransitive): lain, (transitive): laid.
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PAST TENSE (nontransitive): lay, (transitive): laid.
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PAST TENSE (nontransitive): lay, (transitive): laid.
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PRESENT TENSE (nontransitive): lie, (transitive—requires an object): lay.
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PAST TENSE (nontransitive): lay, (transitive): laid.
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