A Transition
- 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 passageconnecting 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 sports) A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.
- (medicine) The onset of the final stage of childbirth.
- (education) Professional special educationassistance for children or adults in the process of leaving one educationalenvironment 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.
Usage notes
In the United Kingdom education system, the noun is used to define any move within or between schools, for example, a move from one year group to the next. Contrast with transfer which is used to define a move from one school to another, for example from primary school to secondary school. In the United States education system the, noun is used to define a move from a one phase of an Independent Educational Program (IEP) to another specifically regarding the child's or adult's progress from more or less special educational support to greater independent living.
Physics:
Transition is the process of emission or absorption