transition

Meanings

Noun

• The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
• A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.
• A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.
• A change of key.
• A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.
• A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.
• The onset of the final stage of childbirth.
• Professional special education assistance for children or adults in the process of leaving one educational environment or support program for another to relatively more independent living.
• A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.
• The process or act of changing from one gender role to another, or of bringing one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.
• A published procedure for instrument flight, coming between the departure and en-route phases of flight, or between en-route flight and an approach/landing procedure.
• Death; passing from life into death.

Verb

• To make a transition.
• To bring through a transition; to change.
• To change from one gender role to another, or bring one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.

Origin

• From Middle French transition, from Latin transitio.