transitive vs volatile

transitive

adj
  • Affected by transference of signification. 

  • Taking a direct object or objects. 

  • Making a transit or passage. 

  • Having the property that if an element a is related to b and b is related to c, then a is necessarily related to c. 

  • Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second. 

  • Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other. 

noun
  • A transitive verb. 

volatile

adj
  • Variable or erratic. 

  • Explosive. 

  • Temporary or ephemeral. 

  • Quick to become angry or violent. 

  • Fickle. 

  • Whose content is lost when the computer is powered down 

  • Having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value. 

  • Potentially violent. 

  • Evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions. 

noun
  • A variable that is volatile, i.e. has its associated memory immediately updated with any change in value. 

  • A chemical or compound that changes into a gas easily. 

How often have the words transitive and volatile occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )