Transition

Transition or transitional may refer to:

  • Transition economy, an economy which is changing from a centrally planned economy to a free market
  • Transition (grappling), in grappling is a move from one grappling hold or grappling position to another
  • Transitional government, an emergency or interim government set up when a political void has been created by the collapse of a very large government
  • Transition (outsourcing), the process of migrating knowledge, systems, and operating capabilities from an outsourcing environment to an in-house staff
  • Transitions (radio show), a weekly two-hour radio show on Kiss 100 in the UK
  • Transition (roadable aircraft), a flying car (or drivable airplane) made by Terrafugia
  • Transitioning (transgender), the process of changing one's gender presentation to accord with one's internal sense of one's gender - the idea of what it means to be a man or woman
  • Transition Towns, a grassroots network of communities that are working to build resilience in response to peak oil, climate destruction, and economic instability
  • A phase of the project lifecycle in the Rational Unified Process
  • Transitions, a brand of photochromic eyeglass lens and sponsor of the PGA Tour Transitions Championship
  • Transitions Championship, a men's professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour
  • Transition Glacier, a glacier on the east coast of Alexander Island
  • The University Transition Program, an early college entrance program based in the University of British Columbia
  • "Shifting gears" on a railroad locomotive; see Diesel locomotive#Propulsion system operation
  • Care transition, wherein a patient changes health care provider

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Famous quotes containing the word transition:

    The most remarkable aspect of the transition we are living through is not so much the passage from want to affluence as the passage from labor to leisure.... Leisure contains the future, it is the new horizon.... The prospect then is one of unremitting labor to bequeath to future generations a chance of founding a society of leisure that will overcome the demands and compulsions of productive labor so that time may be devoted to creative activities or simply to pleasure and happiness.
    Henri Lefebvre (b. 1901)

    When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God why was I here? what was my purpose? Surely, it wasn’t just to win three gold medals. There has to be more to this life than that.
    Wilma Rudolph (1940–1994)

    A transition from an author’s books to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see nothing but spires of temples, and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the residence of splendor, grandeur, and magnificence; but, when we have passed the gates, we find it perplexed with narrow passages, disgraced with despicable cottages, embarrassed with obstructions, and clouded with smoke.
    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)