Dictionary entries for 'transition'

Synonyms

tran·si·tion (trăn-zĭsh́ən, -sĭsh́-)

noun

Passage from one form, state, style, or place to another.
1. Passage from one subject to another in discourse.
2. A word, phrase, sentence, or series of sentences connecting one part of a discourse to another.
Music
1. A modulation, especially a brief one.
2. A passage connecting two themes or sections.
Genetics A point mutation in which a pyrimidine is replaced by another pyrimidine, or a purine is replaced by another purine.
Sports The process of changing from defense to offense or offense to defense, as in basketball or hockey.
A period during childbirth that precedes the expulsive phase of labor, characterized by strong uterine contractions and nearly complete cervical dilation.