transition

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

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

   • In a period of transition from steam to diesel, many of the schemes are inevitably of an interim nature and only on full dieselisation will the final pattern be determined and full benefit derived.
2. 2

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

   • Holonym: metadiscourse
3. 3

   A brief modulation

   A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.

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   1. 4

      A change of key.

   2. 5

      A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or…

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

   3. 6

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

   4. 7

      The onset of the final stage of childbirth.

   5. 8

      Professional special education assistance for children or adults in the process of…

      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.

   6. 9

      A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.

   7. 10

      The process or act of changing one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics,…

      The process or act of changing one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics, by social, medical, or legal methods, to conform to their identified gender, rather than the sex assigned at birth.

      • The preoccupation with transition and surgery objectifies trans people. And then we don't get to really deal with the real lived experiences.
   8. 11

      A published procedure for instrument flight, coming between the departure and en-route…

      A published procedure for instrument flight, coming between the departure and en-route phases of flight, or between en-route flight and an approach/landing procedure.

   9. 12

      Death

      Death; passing from life into death.

      • This was my first Christmas without Gemmia and the one-year anniversary of her transition. […] We had a lovely time, but it was very clear that we would rather have been home doing what we would have done had Gemmia been alive.
   10. 13

       To make a transition.

   11. 14

       To bring through a transition

       To bring through a transition; to change.

       • The soldier was transitioned from a combat role to a strategic role.
   12. 15

       To change one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics to conform to one's…

       To change one's gender role or physical and sexual characteristics to conform to one's identified gender.

       • Eric told me that after he transitioned, he wanted to learn to fish and all the things his father never taught him.
       • And simply being accepted into one of these programs was not a guarantee that one would be allowed to transition. First, the trans person had to undergo extensive, sometimes indefinite, periods of psychotherapy […]
       • If the transitioning person leaves the family home, there will be moving costs, and costs associated with the acquisition of another home or the renting of an apartment. If the non-transitioning spouse leaves the family home, […]

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