Phrase Hound found 52 phrases and 17 compound words that contain transition. The most common are listed below. Open transition in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 52
- phase transitionThe transition between thermodynamic phases of a physical system, especially one between the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of a substance.
- Transition period
- gender transitionProcess or act of changing one's gender role or physical characteristics, by social, medical, or legal methods, to conform to one's identified gender, rather than the sex assigned at birth.
- transition elementAny element in the d block of the periodic table (i.e. groups 3 to 12 inclusive).
- transition metalSynonym of transition element: Any element in the d block of the periodic table (i.e. groups 3 to 12 inclusive).
- transition functionA function from (state, input symbol) to state describing what state to move to on receiving a given input in a given state.
- transition economiesplural of transition economy: A national economy that is changing from being centrally planned to a market economy
- transition temperatureThe temperature at which one phase of a material changes into another; a transition point
- transition matrixA square matrix whose rows consist of nonnegative real numbers, with each row summing to 1. Used to describe the transitions of a Markov chain; its element in the ith row and jth column describes the probability of moving from state i to …
- transition levelThe lowest flight level above the transition altitude; depends on the transition altitude and the measured or calculated sea-level atmospheric pressure. The flight level at which a descending aircraft's barometric altimeters are reset from …
- transition pointThe point in space at which fluid flow around an object changes from laminar to turbulent.
- transition stateAn intermediate state in a chemical reaction that has a higher free energy than the reactants or the products
- transition yearAn optional one-year school programme that can be taken in the year after the Junior Certificate in Ireland.
- glass transitionIn amorphous materials, gradual and reversible transition from a hard and relatively brittle "glassy" state into a viscous or rubbery state (or opposite) over a range of temperature range.
- transition economyA national economy that is changing from being centrally planned to a market economy
- transition elementsplural of transition element: Any element in the d block of the periodic table (i.e. groups 3 to 12 inclusive).
- transition functionsplural of transition function: A function from (state, input symbol) to state describing what state to move to on receiving a given input in a given state.
- transition layerThe airspace above the transition altitude but below the transition level.
- transition mapSynonym of transition function: A function from (state, input symbol) to state describing what state to move to on receiving a given input in a given state.
- transition statesplural of transition state: An intermediate state in a chemical reaction that has a higher free energy than the reactants or the products
- transition timeThe amount of time required for the switch output to settle within a given percentage of the final value following a change in the control input level.
- transition townA town in the British and Ireland that is a member of the Transition Towns movement and is striving to develop a higher standard of living and an environmentally friendly future.
- transition zoneAny of several physical zones in which the properties, or the behaviour of something undergoes a radical change
- transition technologyA technology that is designed to aid and encourage the transition from a society's current way of doing things to a more desirable (usually more environmentally sustainable) technological approach.
- demographic transitionThe process that represents the transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system.
Compound words 17
- detransitionTo revert to one's original gender presentation, role, or identity.
- retransitionAnother transition.
- transitionerOne who transitions.
- nontransitionNot of or pertaining to a transition.
- transitionismA policy or attitude based on transition from one thing to another.
- transitionlessLacking a transition.
- pretransitionBefore a transition; pretransitional.
- antitransitionOpposing transition.
- macrotransitionA relatively large transition
- transitionableAble to be transitioned.