TRANSITION

I. noun Etymology: Latin ~-, transitio, from transire Date: 1551 1. passage from one state, stage, subject, or place to another ; change , a movement, development, or evolution from one form, stage, or style to another, 2. a musical modulation, a musical passage leading from one section of a piece to another, an abrupt change in energy state or level (as of an atomic nucleus or a molecule) usually accompanied by loss or gain of a single quantum of energy, ~al adjective ~ally adverb II. intransitive verb Date: 1946 to make a ~