Transition

Transition
Transition Tran*si"tion, n. [L. transitio: cf. F. transition. See {Transient}.] 1. Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold. [1913 Webster]

There is no death, what seems so is transition. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

2. (Mus.) A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation. [1913 Webster]

3. (Rhet.) A passing from one subject to another. [1913 Webster]

[He] with transition sweet, new speech resumes. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

4. (Biol.) Change from one form to another. [1913 Webster]

Note: This word is sometimes pronounced tran*sish"un; but according to Walker, Smart, and most other authorities, the customary and preferable pronunciation is tran*sizh"un, although this latter mode violates analogy. Other authorities say tran*zish"un. [1913 Webster]

{Transition rocks} (Geol.), a term formerly applied to the lowest uncrystalline stratified rocks (graywacke) supposed to contain no fossils, and so called because thought to have been formed when the earth was passing from an uninhabitable to a habitable state. [1913 Webster]


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  • transition — [ trɑ̃zisjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1501 « procédé rhétorique »; lat. transitio, proprt « passage » 1 ♦ Manière de passer de l expression d une idée à une autre, de lier les parties d un discours. ⇒ passage. L art des transitions. Ménager les transitions.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • transition — tran‧si‧tion [trænˈzɪʆn, ˈsɪ ] noun [countable, uncountable] formal the act or process of changing from one state or form to another: • The computer company went through a difficult transition period. • Three directors are expected to retire… …   Financial and business terms

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  • transition — TRANSITION. s. f. Passage d une matiere à une autre, d un raisonnement a un autre, par des termes par des discours qui les lient. Belle transition, aisee, ingenieuse. il a passé à une nouvelle matiere sans aucune transition. les transitions font… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • transition — [tran zish′ən, transish′ən] n. [L transitio < transitus: see TRANSIT] 1. a) a passing from one condition, form, stage, activity, place, etc. to another b) the period of such passing 2. a word, phrase, sentence, or group of sentences that… …   English World dictionary

  • transition — transition. См. транзиция. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Transition — (lat.), Übergang, Übergehung; transitiv, übergehend; Transitivum, s. Verbum …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Transition — (lat.), Übergang; Übergehung; transitīv, überleitend, hinübergehend; Transitivum, s. Verbum …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Transition — Transition, lat. transitus, Uebergang; Uebergehung; transitiv, übergehend; ein transitives Verbum ist ein solches, dessen Thätigkeit ein Object hat; transitorisch, zum Ueber oder Durchgang bestimmt; vorübergehend, vergänglich …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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