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The examples "is greater than", "is at least as great as", and "is equal to" (equality) are transitive relations on various sets.As are the set of real numbers or the set of natural numbers:

: whenever x > y and y > z, then also x > z
: whenever x ≥ y and y ≥ z, then also x ≥ z
: whenever x = y and y = z, then also x = z.

More examples of transitive relations:
* "is a subset of" (set inclusion, a relation

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