transitional

tran·si·tion  (trn-zshn, -ssh-)

n.

1. Passage from one form, state, style, or place to another.

2.

a. Passage from one subject to another in discourse.

b. A word, phrase, sentence, or series of sentences connecting one part of a discourse to another.

3. Music

a. A modulation, especially a brief one.

b. A passage connecting two themes or sections.

4. Genetics A point mutation in which a pyrimidine is replaced by another pyrimidine, or a purine is replaced by another purine.

5. Sports The process of changing from defense to offense or offense to defense, as in basketball or hockey.

6. A period during childbirth that precedes the expulsive phase of labor, characterized by strong uterine contractions and nearly complete cervical dilation.

intr.v. tran·si·tioned, tran·si·tion·ing, tran·si·tions

1. To make a transition.

2. Sports To change from defense to offense or offense to defense.

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tran·sition·al, tran·sition·ary (-zsh-nr) adj.

tran·sition·al·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

transitional - of or relating to or characterized by transition; "adolescence is a transitional stage between childhood and adulthood"

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transitional

adjective

1. changing, passing, fluid, intermediate, unsettled, developmental, transitionary a transitional period following a decade of civil war

2. temporary, working, acting, short-term, interim, fill-in, caretaker, provisional, makeshift, make-do, stopgap, pro tem a meeting to set up a transitional government

Translations

transitional [trænˈzɪʃənəl] ADJ → transicional, de transición

transitional [trænˈzɪʃ^ənəl] adj [period, stage] → transitoire; [government, solution] → transitoire

transitional

adj → Übergangs-; (= provisional) arrangements, costs → vorläufig; transitional government → Übergangsregierung f; transitional period → Übergangszeit f; transitional relief → vorübergehende Entlastung

transitional [trænˈzɪʃənl] adj (period, government) → di transizione; (measures) → transitorio/a