Transition vs. Transversion
Transitionnoun
The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
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A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.
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(music) A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.
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(music) A change of key.
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(genetics) A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.
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A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.
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(medicine) The onset of the final stage of childbirth.
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(education) Professional special education assistance for children or adults in the process of leaving one educational environment or support program for another to relatively more independent living.
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(skating) A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.
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(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.
Transitionverb
(intransitive) To make a transition.
Transitionverb
(transitive) To bring through a transition; to change.
Transitionverb
To change from one gender role to another, or bring one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.
Transitionnoun
Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold.
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A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation.
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A passing from one subject to another.
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Change from one form to another.
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the act of passing from one state or place to the next
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an event that results in a transformation
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a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another
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a musical passage moving from one key to another
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a passage that connects a topic to one that follows
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the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another
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the process by which a person permanently adopts the outward or physical characteristics of the gender with which they identify, as opposed to those associated with their birth sex. The process may or may not involve measures such as hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery
Transitionnoun
a momentary modulation from one key to another.
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a change of an atom, nucleus, electron, etc. from one quantum state to another, with emission or absorption of radiation.
Transitionverb
undergo or cause to undergo a process or period of transition
Transitionverb
adopt permanently the outward or physical characteristics of the gender one identifies with, as opposed to those associated with one's birth sex
Transversionnoun
(genetics) A point mutation in which a purine is replaced with a pyrimidine, or vice versa
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(literature) The changing from prose into verse, or verse into prose.
Transversionnoun
The act of changing from prose into verse, or from verse into prose.
Transversion
Transversion, in molecular biology, refers to a point mutation in DNA in which a single (two ring) purine (A or G) is changed for a (one ring) pyrimidine (T or C), or vice versa. A transversion can be spontaneous, or it can be caused by ionizing radiation or alkylating agents.
