1. transition - Noun
2. transition - Verb
Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold.
A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation.
A passing from one subject to another.
Change from one form to another.
Source: Webster's dictionaryLife is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. Isaac Asimov
The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism. John C. Calhoun
The good news is that a competitive dollar in the global market and a strong dollar at home are compatible in both the long run and during the transition to a more competitive dollar. Martin Feldstein
I'm not aggressive by nature and it was tough for me to make the transition to directing. Jennifer Yuh Nelson
There is no death What seems so is transition This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The transition from the concept of information in the technical (communication engineering) sense to the semantic (theory of meaning) sense was indeed difficult, if not impossible. Anatol Rapoport