transition

n.

1. Passage from one form, state, style, or place to another.
2. 1. Passage from one subject to another in discourse.
   2. A word, phrase, sentence, or series of sentences connecting one part of a discourse to another.
3. Music.
   1. A modulation, especially a brief one.
   2. 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., -tioned, -tion·ing, -tions.

1. To make a transition.
2. Sports. To change from defense to offense or offense to defense.

transitional tran·si'tion·al or tran·si'tion·ar'y (-zĭsh'ə-nĕr'ē) adj.
transitionally tran·si'tion·al·ly adv.

A change of a system from one quantum state to another.

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noun

The process or an instance of passing from one form, state, or stage to another: change, passage, shift, transit. See change/persist.

n

Definition: change, often major
Antonyms: beginning, conclusion, end, finish, introduction, sameness, stagnation, start

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A passage which leads from one well-defined section of a piece to another, for instance the ‘bridge passage’ between the first and second subjects it sonata form. Modulation is usually involved.

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1927

transition. Founded in Paris by Eugene Jolas (1894-1952) and Elliot Paul (1891-1958), this literary magazine, devoted to experimental works, begins publication. It would continue with interruptions until 1938, providing an important forum for European modernist masters such as James Joyce and Americans such as Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Hart Crane, and William Carlos Williams.

Spiritualist term for death, used to emphasize survival of personality after death. Another term sometimes used is "pro-motion."

IN BRIEF: The act of passing from one state or place to the next.

The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace. — Joseph Addison (1672-1719)

i. The change in the state of a helicopter from hover to movement in a horizontal direction, and vice versa.
ii. A sudden changeover from a blind instrument approach to visual on first sighting the runway.
iii. The change(s) involved in passing from flying one type of aircraft to flying another, especially in connection with transition training.
iv. A published procedure (DP Transition) used to connect the basic DP (departure procedure) to one of several en route airways/jet routes, or a published procedure (STAR Transition) used to connect one of several en route airways/jet routes to the basic STAR (standard terminal arrival route).
v. The position at which the laminar flow changes into a turbulent flow on an airfoil.

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Transition

Dansk (Danish)
n. - overgang

idioms:

• transitional arrangement    overgangsordning

Nederlands (Dutch)
overgang

Français (French)
n. - (gén) transition, (Mus) modulation, transition

Deutsch (German)
n. - Übergang

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μετάβαση, διέλευση, πάροδος, μεταβολή, αλλαγή, μετάπτωση, μεταβατική περίοδος

idioms:

• transitional arrangement    προσωρινή/μεταβατική διευθέτηση

Italiano (Italian)
transizione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - mudança (f), transição (f), passagem (f)

Русский (Russian)
переход, переходный период, резкое изменение, (муз.) модуляция

Español (Spanish)
n. - transición

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - övergång

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
转变, 过渡时期, 转换

idioms:

• transitional arrangement    过渡期的安排

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 轉變, 過渡時期, 轉換

idioms:

• transitional arrangement    過渡期的安排

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 변화 , 과도기, 변환기

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 移り変わり, 移行, 変遷, 変化, 過渡期, 変わり目, 推移

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألمقطع ألأنتقالي, انتقال تحول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מעבר, שינוי‬

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