transition: Meaning and Definition of

tran•si•tion

1. movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
1. a passing from one key to another; modulation.
2. a brief modulation; a modulation used in passing.
3. a sudden, unprepared modulation.
3. a passage from one scene to another by sound effects, music, etc., as in a television program, theatrical production, or the like.

1. to make a transition: He had difficulty transitioning from enlisted man to officer.