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What does transition mean?

Definitions for transition
trænˈzɪʃ ən, -ˈsɪʃ-tran·si·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. passage, transitionnoun

    the act of passing from one state or place to the next

  2. conversion, transition, changeovernoun

    an event that results in a transformation

  3. transitionnoun

    a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another

  4. transition, modulationnoun

    a musical passage moving from one key to another

  5. transitionverb

    a passage that connects a topic to one that follows

  6. transitionverb

    cause to convert or undergo a transition

    "the company had to transition the old practices to modern technology"

  7. transitionverb

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. transitionnoun

    The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.

  2. transitionnoun

    A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.

  3. transitionnoun

    A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.

  4. transitionnoun

    A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.

  5. transitionnoun

    A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.

  6. transitionnoun

    The onset of the final stage of childbirth.

  7. transitionnoun

    A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.

  8. transitionnoun

    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.

  9. transitionverb

    To make a transition.

  10. transitionverb

    To change from one gender role to another, or bring one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Transitionnoun

    Etymology: transitio, Latin.

    Heat and cold have a virtual transition without communication of substance, but moisture not. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

    As for the mutation of sexes, and transition into one another, we cannot deny it in hares, it being observable in man. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iii.

    I have given some intimations of the changes which happen in the interior parts of the earth, I mean the transitions and removes of metals and minerals there. John Woodward.

    The spots are of the same colour throughout, there being an immediate transition from white to black, and not declining gradually, and mixing as they approach. John Woodward.

    You can scarce imagine any hero passing from one stage of life to another with so easy a transition, and so laudable a behaviour. Alexander Pope.

    As once inclos’d in woman’s beauteous mould;
    Thence, by a soft transition we repair,
    From earthly vehicles to these of air. Alexander Pope.

    Then with transition sweet new speech resumes. John Milton.

    Covetousness was none of his faults, but described as a veil over the true meaning of the poet, which was to satyrize his prodigality and voluptuousness, to which he makes a transition. Dryden.

ChatGPT

  1. transition

    Transition refers to the process or period of changing from one state, condition, or situation to another. It can involve physical change, emotional change, or status change and usually represents growth, development, or movement. It's often marked by a transformation or a shift which can be gradual or sudden.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Transitionnoun

    passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold

  2. Transitionnoun

    a direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation

  3. Transitionnoun

    a passing from one subject to another

  4. Transitionnoun

    change from one form to another

Wikidata

  1. Transition

    Transition is an album of music by jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, recorded in 1965 but released posthumously only in 1970. As its title indicates, Transition was a bridge between classic quartet recordings like A Love Supreme and the more experimental works of Coltrane's last years. For some reason, Impulse! decided to alter the track listing of the original album on the CD edition, removing "Dear Lord" and replacing it with two pieces originally released on Kulu Sé Mama, both recorded on June 10: "Welcome" and "Vigil". However, the 2001 Japanese edition restored the original track listing. Coltrane's playing alternates between blues idioms and the free jazz that would dominate his final work. Of the four musicians on this album, pianist McCoy Tyner was still the most grounded in traditional jazz. Bassist Jimmy Garrison and drummer Elvin Jones were finding new ways to approach their instruments, while Coltrane took the lead with a newfound musical freedom. Transition's title track is a fifteen-minute modified blues, whilst "Dear Lord" is a ballad featuring Roy Haynes substituting for Jones on drums. "Welcome," which replaces "Dear Lord" on the album's compact disc release, is a five-minute ballad with a theme pitched high in the tenor saxophone's altissimo register and making extensive use of multiphonics. The closing "Suite" is a twenty-minute performance, covering a variety of moods. Ultimately, "Vigil", which concludes the CD release of the album, is a fiery duet between Coltrane and Jones.

Editors Contribution

  1. transition

    To change and evolve from a current form to a new and improved form.

    The government transition is systematic and easy.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 4, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'transition' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3909

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'transition' in Nouns Frequency: #1489

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of transition in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of transition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of transition in a Sentence

  1. Yinon Weiss:

    It’s not really part of the culture of the military – you don’t have a resume, you don’t practice job interviews, you typically get assigned to places, and you don’t have much influence over that. So, when you transition to civilian life, it leads to intense frustration.

  2. Natural Resources:

    They have not stopped. The process continues. There will be a transition as we amend the ways in which the National Energy Board goes about the process of evaluating these projects, and we will announce those changes as soon as we can, but the process continues.

  3. Jeff Navin:

    Some of the biggest national security questions facing the country run through Piketon and Kemmerer, a Post-Soviet dealAmerican reliance on foreign enriched uranium echoes its competitive disadvantages on microchips and the critical minerals used to make electric batteries — two essential components of the global energy transition.But in the case of uranium enrichment, United States once had an advantage and chose to give it up.In the 1950s, as the nuclear era began in earnest, Piketon became the site of one of two enormous enrichment facilities in the Ohio River Valley region, where a process called gaseous diffusion was used.Meanwhile, the Soviet Union developed centrifuges in a secret program, relying on a team of German physicists and engineers captured toward the end of World War II. Its centrifuges proved to be 20 times as energy efficient as gaseous diffusion. By the end of the Cold War, United States and Russia had roughly equal enrichment capacities, but huge differences in the cost of production.In 1993, Washington and Moscow signed an agreement, dubbed Megatons to Megawatts, in which United States purchased and imported much of Russia’s enormous glut of weapons-grade uranium, which United States then downgraded to use in power plants. This provided the U.S. with cheap fuel and Moscow with cash, and was seen as a de-escalatory gesture.But it also destroyed the profitability of America’s inefficient enrichment facilities, which were eventually shuttered. Then, instead of investing in upgraded centrifuges in United States, successive administrations kept buying from Russia.ImageA mural celebrates Piketon’s gaseous diffusion plant, long ago shuttered, and United States role in the local economy.Credit... Brian Kaiser for The New York TimesImageIn the lobby at Piketon plant, a miniature display of new centrifuges.Credit... Brian Kaiser for The New York TimesThe centrifuge plant in Piketon, operated by Centrus Energy, occupies a corner of the site of the old gaseous diffusion facility. Building United States to United States full potential would create thousands of jobs, according to Centrus Energy. And it could produce the kinds of enriched uranium needed in both current and new-age nuclear plants.Lacking Piketon’s output, plants like TerraPower’s would have to look to foreign producers, like France, that might be a more politically acceptable and reliable supplier than Russia, but would also be more expensive.TerraPower sees itself as integral to phasing out climate-warming fossil fuels in electricity. Its reactor would include a sodium-based battery that would allow the plant to ramp up electricity production on demand, offsetting fluctuations in wind or solar production elsewhere.It is part of the energy transition that coal-country senators like Mr. Manchin and John Barrasso, a Wyoming Republican, are keen to fix as they eye nuclear replacements for lost coal jobs and revenue. While Mr. Manchin in particular has complicated the Biden administration’s efforts to quicken the transition away from fossil fuels, he also pushed back against colleagues, mostly Democrats, who are skeptical of nuclear power’s role in that transition, partly because of the radioactive waste it creates.

  4. Benjamin Weiss:

    The most surprising thing that's come out of these images is the potential opportunity to catch the time when Jezero Crater transitioned from an Earth-like habitable environment, to this desolate landscape wasteland we see now, these boulder beds may be records of this transition, and we haven't seen this in other places on Mars.

  5. Lil Jon:

    I always wanted to transition, most guys want do movies, but I always wanted to do television. So transitioning into television now with my show on HGTV is amazing.

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