transition

English

Noun

transition (plural transitions)

1. the process of change from one form, state, style or place to another
2. a word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another
3. (music) a brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes
4. (genetics) a point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion
5. (some sports) a change from defense to attack, or attack to defense
6. (medicine) the onset of the final stage of childbirth

Translations

process of change from one form, state, style or place to another

Czech: přechod (cs) m. Dutch: overgang (nl) m. Finnish: siirtyminen, muutos, siirtymä Galician: transición (gl) f. German: Übergang (de) m. Hungarian: rendszerváltás (hu) Ido: transito (io)

Norwegian: overgang (no) m. Persian: تبدیل (fa) Polish: przekształcenie (pl) n. Portuguese: transição (pt) f. Russian: переход (ru) (perexód) m. Spanish: transición (es) f. Swedish: övergång (sv) c.

word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another

brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes

Finnish: välisoitto (fi)

point mutation

change from defense to attack, or attack to defense

onset of the final stage of childbirth

Finnish: siirtymä (fi)

Usage notes

In the United Kingdom education system the noun is used to define any move within or between schools, for example, a move from one year group to the next. Contrast with transfer which is used to define a move from one school to another, for example from primary school to secondary school.

Verb

transition (third-person singular simple present transitions, present participle transitioning, simple past and past participle transitioned)

1. (intransitive, chiefly US) To make a transition.

Related terms

• transit
• transitional
• transitionary
• transitionist
• transition element
• transition metal

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French

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Noun

transition f. (plural transitions)

1. transition