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Definition of Transition

1. Noun. The act of passing from one state or place to the next.

2. Verb. Cause to convert or undergo a transition. "The company had to transition the old practices to modern technology"

3. Noun. An event that results in a transformation.

4. Verb. Make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another). "The adagio transitioned into an allegro"

5. Noun. A change from one place or state or subject or stage to another.

6. Noun. A musical passage moving from one key to another.

7. Noun. A passage that connects a topic to one that follows.

Definition of Transition

1. n. Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold.

Definition of Transition

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Transition

1. 1. Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold. "There is no death, what seems so is transition." (Longfellow) 2. A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation. 3. A passing from one subject to another. "[He] with transition sweet, new speech resumes." (Milton) 4. Change from one form to another. This word is sometimes pronounced; but according to Walker, Smart, and most other authorities, the customary and preferable pronunciation is, although this latter mode violates analogy. Other authorities say . Transition rocks, a term formerly applied to the lowest uncrystalline stratified rocks (graywacke) supposed to contain no fossils, and so called because thought to have been formed when the earth was passing from an uninhabitable to a habitable state. Origin: L. Transitio: cf. F. Transition. See Transient. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transition

transistor transistorise transistorised transistorises transistorising transistorize transistorized transistorizes transistorizing transistors

transit transit transited transiting transition (current term) transition (current term) transitional transitional transitionally transitional cell

transitional cell carcinoma transitional cell papilloma transitional convolution transitional denture transitional element transitional endoplasmic reticulum transitional epithelium transitional gyrus transitional leukocyte transitional zone

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