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transition

noun
noun: transition; plural noun: transitions

    1.
    the process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.
    "students in transition from one programme to another"
    h 近义词： change,move,passage,transformation,conversion,adaptation,adjustment,alteration,changeover,metamorphosis,shift,switch,jump,leap,progression,progress,gradation,development,evolution,transfiguration,flux,mutation,transmutation,vicissitude,

    2.
    the process by which a transgender person permanently adopts the outward or physical characteristics that match their gender identity, as opposed to those associated with the sex registered for them at birth. The process may or may not involve measures such as hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery.
    "she had been living as a woman for eight years at that point and had completed her transition in 2001"
    3.
    Music
    a momentary modulation from one key to another.
    4.
    Physics
    a change of an atom, nucleus, electron, etc. from one quantum state to another, with emission or absorption of radiation.

verb
verb: transition; 3rd person present: transitions; past tense: transitioned; past participle: transitioned; gerund or present participle: transitioning

    1.
    undergo or cause to undergo a process or period of transition.
    "he transitioned into filmmaking easily"
    2.
    adopt permanently the outward or physical characteristics that match one's gender identity, as opposed to those associated with the sex registered at birth.
    "once the decision was finally made to transition, she was overwhelmed with the support from her immediate family"