transition
n.
passage, change, transformation, period in which something goes througha change and passes from one form or phase to another; (Musice) musical passage that connects two sections of a musical composition; (Grammar) word or passage or phrase that connects a subject to one that follows
v.
mak change, make transition; (Sports) change from defense to offense or offense to defense
Transition
transition
Noun
1. the act of passing from one state or place to the next
(synonym) passage
(hypernym) change of state
(hyponym) fossilization, fossilisation
(derivation) transit, pass through, pass across, pass over
2. an event that results in a transformation
(synonym) conversion, changeover
(hypernym) transformation, transmutation, shift
(hyponym) glycogenesis
3. a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another
(hypernym) change, alteration, modification
(hyponym) ground swell
4. a musical passage moving from one key to another
(synonym) modulation
(hypernym) passage, musical passage
5. a passage that connects a topic to one that follows
(hypernym) passage
(hyponym) flashback
transition (f)
n.
passage, transition
Transition
(n.)
Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold.
(n.)
Change from one form to another.
(n.)
A passing from one subject to another.
(n.)
A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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