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tran·si·tion
(trăn-zĭsh′ən, -sĭsh′-)n.
1. Change from one form, state, style, or place to another.
2.
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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transitional
adjective
1. changing, passing, fluid, intermediate, unsettled, developmental, transitionary a transitional period following a decade of civil war
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Translations
إنْتِقالي
přechodný
átmeneti
breytinga-, umskipta-
geçişe ait
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transitional
adj → Übergangs-; (= provisional) arrangements, costs → vorläufig; transitional government → Übergangsregierung f; transitional period → Übergangszeit f; transitional relief → vorübergehende Entlastung
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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.
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tran·si·tion·al
a. transitorio-a, rel. a transición o cambio.
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transitional
adj transicionalEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.