First Known Use: 1551
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1transition
noun tran·si·tion \tran(t)-ˈsi-shən, tran-ˈzi-, chiefly British tran(t)-ˈsi-zhən\
: a change from one state or condition to another
Full Definition of TRANSITION
1
a : passage from one state, stage, subject, or place to another : change b : a movement, development, or evolution from one form, stage, or style to another
2
a : a musical modulation b : a musical passage leading from one section of a piece to another
3
: an abrupt change in energy state or level (as of an atomic nucleus or a molecule) usually accompanied by loss or gain of a single quantum of energy
— tran·si·tion·al \-ˈsish-nəl, -ˈsizh-, -ˈzish-; -ˈsi-shə-nəl, -ˈzi-, -zhə-\ adjective
— tran·si·tion·al·ly adverb
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Origin of TRANSITION
Latin transition-, transitio, from transire
Rhymes with TRANSITION
addition, admission, ambition, attrition, audition, beautician, clinician, cognition, coition, commission, condition, contrition, demission, dentition, dismission, Domitian, edition, emission, ethician, fruition, ignition, Kittitian, lenition, logician, magician, Mauritian, monition, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, omission, optician, partition, patrician, perdition, permission, petition, Phoenician, physician, Politian, position, punition, remission, rendition, sedition, submission, suspicion, tactician, technician, tradition, transmission, tuition, volition
2transition
intransitive verb
: to make a change from one state, place, or condition to another : to make a transition
Full Definition of TRANSITION
: to make a transition <transition into college>
First Known Use of TRANSITION
1946
TRANSITION Defined for Kids
transition
noun tran·si·tion \tran-ˈsi-shən, -ˈzi-\
Definition of TRANSITION for Kids
: an act or the process of passing from one state, stage, place, or subject to another : change
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transition
noun tran·si·tion \tran(t)s-ˈish-ən, tranz-, chiefly British tran(t)s-ˈizh-\
Medical Definition of TRANSITION
1
: passage from one state or stage to another; especially : an abrupt change in energy state or level (as of an atomic nucleus or a molecule) usually accompanied by loss or gain of a single quantum of energy
2
: a genetic mutation in RNA or DNA that results from the substitution of one purine base for the other or of one pyrimidine base for the other
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