Tran*si"tion (?), n. [L. transitio:
cf. F. transition. See Transient.] 1.
Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the
transition of the weather from hot to cold.
There is no death, what seems so is
transition.
Longfellow.
2. (Mus.) A direct or indirect passing from
one key to another; a modulation.
3. (Rhet.) A passing from one subject to
another.
[He] with transition sweet, new speech
resumes.
Milton.
4. (Biol.) Change from one form to
another.
&fist; This word is sometimes pronounced tran*sish"un; but
according to Walker, Smart, and most other authorities, the customary and
preferable pronunciation is tran*sizh"un, although this latter mode
violates analogy. Other authorities say tran*zish"un.
Transition rocks (Geol.), a term formerly
applied to the lowest uncrystalline stratified rocks (graywacke) supposed
to contain no fossils, and so called because thought to have been formed
when the earth was passing from an uninhabitable to a habitable
state.
Tran*si"tion (?), n. [L. transitio:
cf. F. transition. See Transient.] 1.
Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the
transition of the weather from hot to cold.
There is no death, what seems so is
transition.
Longfellow.
2. (Mus.) A direct or indirect passing from
one key to another; a modulation.
3. (Rhet.) A passing from one subject to
another.
[He] with transition sweet, new speech
resumes.
Milton.
4. (Biol.) Change from one form to
another.
&fist; This word is sometimes pronounced tran*sish"un; but
according to Walker, Smart, and most other authorities, the customary and
preferable pronunciation is tran*sizh"un, although this latter mode
violates analogy. Other authorities say tran*zish"un.
Transition rocks (Geol.), a term formerly
applied to the lowest uncrystalline stratified rocks (graywacke) supposed
to contain no fossils, and so called because thought to have been formed
when the earth was passing from an uninhabitable to a habitable
state.
