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tran·si·tion  audio  (trn-zshn, -ssh-) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. 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.
  3. Music
    1. A modulation, especially a brief one.
    2. A passage connecting two themes or sections.
  4. Genetics A point mutation in which a pyrimidine is replaced by another pyrimidine, or a purine is replaced by another purine.
  5. Sports The process of changing from defense to offense or offense to defense, as in basketball or hockey.
  6. A period during childbirth that precedes the expulsive phase of labor, characterized by strong uterine contractions and nearly complete cervical dilation.
intr.v.
tran·si·tioned, tran·si·tion·ing, tran·si·tions
  1. To make a transition.
  2. Sports To change from defense to offense or offense to defense.


OTHER FORMS:
tran·sition·al or tran·sition·ary  (-zsh-nr) KEY (Adjective), tran·sition·al·ly(Adverb)


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