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5.5.3 Third Normal Form : Eliminating Transitive Dependencies
Definition —
A relation is in third normal form if and only if it is in second normal form
and every non-key attribute is non-transitively dependent on the primary key
Third Normal Form (3NF) eliminates transitive dependencies, meaning that a field is indir-
ectly determined by the primary key. An attribute that depends on another attribute that is
