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tran·si·tion

(trăn-zĭsh′ən, -sĭsh′-)

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

a. Change 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. Change from one key or tonality to another.

b. A passage connecting two themes or sections, usually changing to a new key or tonality.

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 without a stoppage in play, 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 without a stoppage in play.

tran·si′tion·al, tran·si′tion·ar′y (-zĭsh′ə-nĕr′ē) adj.

tran·si′tion·al·ly adv.

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transition

(trænˈzɪʃən)

1. change or passage from one state or stage to another

2. the period of time during which something changes from one state or stage to another

3. (Music, other) music

a. a movement from one key to another; modulation

b. a linking passage between two divisions in a composition; bridge

4. (Historical Terms) 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

5. (General Physics) physics

a. any change that results in a change of physical properties of a substance or system, such as a change of phase or molecular structure

b. 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

6. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a sentence, passage, etc, that connects a topic to one that follows or that links sections of a written work

to change or cause to change from one state or stage to another

[C16: from Latin transitio; see transient]

tranˈsitional, tranˈsitionary adj

tranˈsitionally adv

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tran•si•tion

(trænˈzɪʃ ən, -ˈsɪʃ-)

n.

1. movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another.

2. a period during which such change takes place.

a. a modulation in music.

b. a modulating passage from one part of a musical composition to another.

4. a passage that links one scene or topic to another, as in a piece of writing.

v.i.

5. to make a transition.

[1545–55; < Latin trānsitiō a going across =trānsi-, variant s. of trānsīre to cross (see transit) + -tiō -tion]

tran•si′tion•al, tran•si′tion•a`ry (-əˌnɛr i) adj.

tran•si′tion•al•ly, adv.

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Noun	1.	transition - the act of passing from one state or place to the next passage change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics fossilisation, fossilization - becoming inflexible or out of date segue - the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another
	2.	transition - an event that results in a transformation changeover, conversion transformation, transmutation, shift - a qualitative change glycogenesis - the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand isomerisation, isomerization - the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself rectification - the conversion of alternating current to direct current
	3.	transition - a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" ground swell - an obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression; "there was a ground swell of antiwar sentiment" jump, leap, saltation - an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
	4.	transition - a musical passage moving from one key to another modulation musical passage, passage - a short section of a musical composition
	5.	transition - a passage that connects a topic to one that follows passage - a section of text; particularly a section of medium length flashback - a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story flash-forward - a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story dissolve - (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out cut - (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next; "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt" jump - (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
Verb	1.	transition - cause to convert or undergo a transition; "the company had to transition the old practices to modern technology" convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers"
	2.	transition - make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another); "The airline transitioned to more fuel-efficient jets"; "The adagio transitioned into an allegro" switch, change, shift - lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes"

transition

noun change, passing, development, shift, passage, conversion, evolution, transit, upheaval, alteration, progression, flux, metamorphosis, changeover, transmutation, metastasis a period of transition

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transition

noun

The process or an instance of passing from one form, state, or stage to another:

change, passage, shift, transit.

Translations

إنْتِقال، تَحَوُّلاِنْتِقال

přechod

overgang

siirtymä

prijelaz

átmenetrendszerváltás

umskipti

transizione passaggio

移行

변천

pereinamasis

pāreja

övergång

การเปลี่ยนแปลง

değişim geçiş

quá trình biến chuyển

转变转型过渡

transition

[trænˈzɪʃən]

A. N → transición f

B. CPD transition period N → período m de transición

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

transition

[trænˈzɪʃ^ən] n → transition f
a period of transition → une période de transition
to make the transition from sth → sortir de qch
to make the transition to sth → passer à qch
to make the transition from sth to sth → passer de qch à qch, faire la transition entre qch et qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

transition

n → Übergang m → (from … to von … zu); (of weather) → Wechsel m, → Umschwung m; (Mus: = act) → Übergang m; (= passage) → Überleitung f; period of transition, transition period → Übergangsperiode or -zeit f; transition agreement → Übergangsregelung f; transition stage → Übergangsstadium nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

transition

[trænˈzɪʃ/ən] n → transizione f, passaggio
transition period → periodo di transizione

transition

(trӕnˈziʃən) noun

(a) change from one place, state, subject etc to another. The transition from child to adult can be difficult.

tranˈsitional adjective

of or concerning transition. a transitional stage/period.

transition

→ اِنْتِقال přechod overgang Übergang μετάβαση transición siirtymä transition prijelaz transizione 移行 변천 overgang overgang przejście transição переход övergång การเปลี่ยนแปลง geçiş quá trình biến chuyển 转型

transition

n transición f

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Difficulties on the theory of descent with modification -- Transitions -- Absence or rarity of transitional varieties -- Transitions in habits of life -- Diversified habits in the same species -- Species with habits widely different from those of their allies -- Organs of extreme perfection -- Means of transition -- Cases of difficulty -- Natura non facit saltum -- Organs of small importance -- Organs not in all cases absolutely perfect -- The law of Unity of Type and of the Conditions of Existence embraced by the theory of Natural Selection.

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However, these edifices of the transition from the Romanesque to the Gothic, are no less precious for study than the pure types.

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But, though so little had seemed to happen, and though our walking record was shamefully modest, yet, imperceptible as the transition had been, we were, quite insensibly indeed, and unacknowledged, in a very different relation to each other than when we had started out from the Morning Star.

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With a minimum of effort and insignificant losses, despite the greatest confusion, the most important results of the whole campaign were attained: the transition from retreat to advance, an exposure of the weakness of the French, and the administration of that shock which Napoleon's army had only awaited to begin its flight.

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Painters are fond of representing banditti at their rude and picturesque carousels; but here were groups, still more rude and picturesque; and it needed but a sudden onset of Blackfeet, and a quick transition from a fantastic revel to a furious melee, to have rendered this picture of a trapper's life complete.

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"When I had somewhat recovered from the dazing effect of the transition from uproar to silence, my first impulse was to reopen the door which I had closed, and from the knob of which I was not conscious of having removed my hand; I felt it distinctly, still in the clasp of my fingers.

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And to be tried for your life before a Highland jury, on a Highland quarrel and with a Highland Judge upon the bench, would be a brief transition to the gallows."

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Presently the sudden transition from daylight to darkness which, owing to the tenuity of the air upon Barsoom, occurs almost without the warning twilight of Earth, would occur.

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But Queequeg, do you see, was a creature in the transition state -- neither caterpillar nor butterfly.

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At sun-rise this man went from his hammock to his mast-head at the fore; and whether it was that he was not yet half waked from his sleep (for sailors sometimes go aloft in a transition state), whether it was thus with the man, there is now no telling; but, be that as it may, he had not been long at his perch, when a cry was heard --a cry and a rushing --and looking up, they saw a falling phantom in the air; and looking down, a little tossed heap of white bubbles in the blue of the sea.

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Weston; and the transition from Highbury to Enscombe, the contrast between the places in some of the first blessings of social life was just enough touched on to shew how keenly it was felt, and how much more might have been said but for the restraints of propriety.The charm of her own name was not wanting.

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The transition from this disposition to that of considering them masters, is neither remote nor difficult; but it is very difficult to prevail upon a people under such impressions, to make a bold or effectual resistance to usurpations supported by the military power.