Transition

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Passage from one form, state, style, or place to another.
  • n. Passage from one subject to another in discourse.
  • n. A word, phrase, sentence, or series of sentences connecting one part of a discourse to another.
  • n. Music A modulation, especially a brief one.
  • n. Music A passage connecting two themes or sections.
  • n. Genetics A point mutation in which a pyrimidine is replaced by another pyrimidine, or a purine is replaced by another purine.
  • n. Sports The process of changing from defense to offense or offense to defense, as in basketball or hockey.
  • n. A period during childbirth that precedes the expulsive phase of labor, characterized by strong uterine contractions and nearly complete cervical dilation.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a transition.
  • verb-intransitive. Sports To change from defense to offense or offense to defense.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
  • n. A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.
  • n. A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.
  • n. A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.
  • n. A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.
  • n. The onset of the final stage of childbirth.
  • n. Professional special education assistance for children or adults in the process of leaving one educational environment or support program for another to relatively more independent living.
  • n. A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.
  • n. The process or act of changing from one gender role to another, or of bringing one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.
  • v. To make a transition.
  • v. To change from one gender role to another, or bring one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Passage from one place or state to another; charge.
  • n. A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation.
  • n. A passing from one subject to another.
  • n. Change from one form to another.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Passage from one place, state, or act to another; change: as, a sudden transition from anger to mirth; a state of transition.
  • n. In rhetoric, a passing from one subject to another.
  • n. In music, same (usually) as modulation.
  • n. In geology, the English form of the name (used attributively or as an adjective) given by Werner to certain strata which he investigated in northern Germany, and found to have, to a certain extent, the mineral character of the socalled primitive rocks, while also exhibiting indications of a mechanical origin, and even containing occasional fossils, thus indicating a transition or passage from primary to secondary.
  • n. In art hist., an epoch or stage of change from one style or state of development in art to the next succeeding; especially, in Greek art, the stage of change from the archaic to the bloom of art, and in medieval art, that from the round-arched or Romanesque to the Pointed style.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a passage that connects a topic to one that follows
  • n. the act of passing from one state or place to the next
  • v. cause to convert or undergo a transition
  • v. make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another)
  • n. an event that results in a transformation
  • n. a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another
  • n. a musical passage moving from one key to another
    • Verb Form
    transitions   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    convert    change    switch    shift    musical passage   
    Cross Reference
    transition resistance    transition tumor    transition-tint   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    charge    modulation    change    transit    passing   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Deposition    Inquisition    Prohibition    Titian    abolition   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    transformation    shift    change    transfer    variation   
     
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