English Dictionary

transitive dependency

noun

(databases) An attribute of a relation that depends on a key but also on a third attribute which is not a key; this is a violation of third normal form.

The transitive dependency between the two tables caused a data inconsistency.

意味（1）

(databases) An attribute of a relation that depends on a key but also on a third attribute which is not a key; this is a violation of third normal form.

意味（2）

(programming) In a computer program, library called by another dependency.