transitional

tran·si·tion

T0319200 (trăn-zĭsh′ən, -sĭsh′-)n.1. Change from one form, state, style, or place to another.2. a. Change from one subject to another in discourse.b. A word, phrase, sentence, or series of sentences connecting one part of a discourse to another.3. Music a. Change from one key or tonality to another.b. A passage connecting two themes or sections, usually changing to a new key or tonality.4. Genetics A point mutation in which a pyrimidine is replaced by another pyrimidine, or a purine is replaced by another purine.5. Sports The process of changing from defense to offense or offense to defense without a stoppage in play, as in basketball or hockey.6. A period during childbirth that precedes the expulsive phase of labor, characterized by strong uterine contractions and nearly complete cervical dilation.intr.v. tran·si·tioned, tran·si·tion·ing, tran·si·tions 1. To make a transition.2. Sports To change from defense to offense or offense to defense without a stoppage in play.

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tran·si′tion·al, tran·si′tion·ar′y (-zĭsh′ə-nĕr′ē) adj.tran·si′tion·al·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

transitional - of or relating to or characterized by transition; "adolescence is a transitional stage between childhood and adulthood"

transitional

adjective1. changing, passing, fluid, intermediate, unsettled, developmental, transitionary a transitional period following a decade of civil war2. temporary, working, acting, short-term, interim, fill-in, caretaker, provisional, makeshift, make-do, stopgap, pro tem a meeting to set up a transitional government

Translations

转变的

transition

(trӕnˈziʃən) noun (a) change from one place, state, subject etc to another. The transition from child to adult can be difficult. 過渡，轉變 过渡，转变 tranˈsitional adjective of or concerning transition. a transitional stage/period. 轉變的 转变的