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TRANSITION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of passing from one state or place to the next

Synonyms:

passage; transition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("transition" is a kind of...):

change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transition"):

fossilisation; fossilization (becoming inflexible or out of date)

segue (the act of changing smoothly from one state or situation to another)

Derivation:

transit (make a passage or journey from one place to another)

transition (make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A passage that connects a topic to one that follows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("transition" is a kind of...):

passage (a section of text; particularly a section of medium length)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transition"):

flashback (a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story)

flash-forward (a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story)

dissolve ((film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out)

cut ((film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next)

jump ((film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A musical passage moving from one key to another

Synonyms:

modulation; transition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("transition" is a kind of...):

musical passage; passage (a short section of a musical composition)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A change from one place or state or subject or stage to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("transition" is a kind of...):

alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transition"):

ground swell (an obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression)

jump; leap; saltation (an abrupt transition)

Derivation:

transition (make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another))

transition (cause to convert or undergo a transition)

Sense 5

Meaning:

An event that results in a transformation

Synonyms:

changeover; conversion; transition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("transition" is a kind of...):

shift; transformation; transmutation (a qualitative change)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transition"):

glycogenesis (the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand)

isomerisation; isomerization (the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself)

rectification (the conversion of alternating current to direct current)

Derivation:

transition (cause to convert or undergo a transition)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another)

Example:

The adagio transitioned into an allegro

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "transition" is one way to...):

change; shift; switch (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s to somebody
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

transition (the act of passing from one state or place to the next)

transition (a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to convert or undergo a transition

Example:

the company had to transition the old practices to modern technology

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "transition" is one way to...):

convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)

Cause:

transition (make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

transition (a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another)

transition (an event that results in a transformation)

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 Context examples: 

This allele, which encodes G1/S-specific cyclin-D1 protein, plays a role in the regulation of the cell cycle during the G1/S transition.

(CCND1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cyclin-A1 protein, plays a role in the control of the cell cycle at the G1/S and G2/M transitions.

(CCNA1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes G1/S-specific cyclin-E2 protein, is involved in the regulation of the G1/S transition of the cell cycle.

(CCNE2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes G1/S-specific cyclin-E1 protein, is involved in the regulation of the G1/S transition of the cell cycle.

(CCNE1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

p27/Kip1 regulates the cell cycle by inhibiting the checkpoint kinase cdk2/cyclin E and blocking cell cycle progression through the G1-S transition.

(p27 Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

With all the eagerness which such a transition gives, Emma resolved to be out of doors as soon as possible.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

G2/M Arrest consists of cellular biochemical mechanisms, responsive to diverse conditions, that control cellular transition from the G2 to M phase of the cell cycle.

(Negative Regulation of G2 to M Transition, NCI Thesaurus)

The G1/S transition in eukaryotic cells is strictly regulated so that DNA replication occurs only once during S phase.

(CDC7L1 Kinase Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

The finding that the colder region would transition sooner than the warmer one came as a surprise.

(Far Northern Permafrost May Unleash Carbon Within Decades, NASA)

The permeability transition releases several factors including cytochrome c, AIF and other factors in to the cytoplasm.

(Apoptosis DNA Damage Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)