transition

Definitions

• 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.
• (music) A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.
• (music) A change of key.
• (genetics) A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.
• (some) A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.
• (medicine) The onset of the final stage of childbirth.
• (education) 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.
• (skating) A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.
• (LGBT) 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.