transition : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: transition	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transition n the act of passing from one state or place to the next Synonym(s): passage, transition an event that results in a transformation Synonym(s): conversion, transition, changeover a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another a musical passage moving from one key to another Synonym(s): transition, modulation a passage that connects a topic to one that follows v cause to convert or undergo a transition; "the company had to transition the old practices to modern technology" make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another); "The airline transitioned to more fuel-efficient jets"; "The adagio transitioned into an allegro"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transition \Transi"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. There is no death, what seems so is transition. --Longfellow. 2. (Mus.) A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation. 3. (Rhet.) A passing from one subject to another. [He] with transition sweet, new speech resumes. --Milton. 4. (Biol.) Change from one form to another. Note: This word is sometimes pronounced transish"un; but according to Walker, Smart, and most other authorities, the customary and preferable pronunciation is transizh"un, although this latter mode violates analogy. Other authorities say tranzish"un. {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.