transition
[tran-zish-uh n, -sish-]
- movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
- Music.
- a passing from one key to another; modulation.
- a brief modulation; a modulation used in passing.
- a sudden, unprepared modulation.
- a passage from one scene to another by sound effects, music, etc., as in a television program, theatrical production, or the like.
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- to make a transition: He had difficulty transitioning from enlisted man to officer.
- to change from one gender identity to another or to align one's dress, behavior, etc., with one's gender identity: My friend is transitioning without hormone therapy or surgery.
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Origin of transition
Synonyms
See more synonyms for transition on Thesaurus.com1. changeover, passing, conversion.
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Examples from the Web for transitional
Contemporary Examples
Was that a transitional moment for you from music to comedy?
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s GreatnessMarlow Stern
January 7, 2015
Failing to forge lasting stability would leave us, this author and his like-minded aides, to call for a Transitional Council.
A transitional government was elected and a national dialogue took place to address key grievances.
Industry will then, under the proposed rules, have a two-year transitional period over which to comply with the new requirements.
During the transitional phase, board members Allan Mayer and David Danziger will reign as co-chairmen of the board.
Historical Examples
Inside there is a good deal of transitional Norman work to be seen.
Yorkshire Painted And DescribedGordon Home
First came what I hold to have been the transitional stage of the mother-age.
The Truth About WomanC. Gasquoine Hartley
Hermaphroditism must be regarded as a temporary or transitional form.
The Truth About WomanC. Gasquoine Hartley
So far we have only spoken of complete inversion; but there are transitional stages.
The Sexual QuestionAugust Forel
Her brother raised his finger; it was the transitional passage on the drum.
Howards EndE. M. Forster
transition
- change or passage from one state or stage to another
- the period of time during which something changes from one state or stage to another
- music
- a movement from one key to another; modulation
- a linking passage between two divisions in a composition; bridge
- Also called: transitional a style of architecture that was used in western Europe in the late 11th and early 12th century, characterized by late Romanesque forms combined with early Gothic details
- physics
- any change that results in a change of physical properties of a substance or system, such as a change of phase or molecular structure
- a change in the configuration of an atomic nucleus, involving either a change in energy level resulting from the emission of a gamma-ray photon or a transformation to another element or isotope
- a sentence, passage, etc, that connects a topic to one that follows or that links sections of a written work
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin transitio; see transient
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Word Origin and History for transitional
transition
n.
1550s, from Latin transitionem (nominative transitio) "a going across or over," noun of action from past participle stem of transire "go or cross over" (see transient).
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