different between transition vs absorption

English

Etymology

From Middle French transition, from Latin transitio.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tr?nz?'sh?n, IPA^(key): /t?æn?z???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

transition (countable and uncountable, plural transitions)

1. The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
2. A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.
3. (music) A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.
4. (music) A change of key.
5. (genetics) A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.
6. (some sports) A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.
7. (medicine) The onset of the final stage of childbirth.
8. (education) Professional special education assistance for children or adults in the process of leaving one educational environment or support program for another to relatively more independent living.
9. (skating) A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.
10. (LGBT) The process or act of changing from one gender role to another, or of bringing one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.
11. (aviation) A published procedure for instrument flight, coming between the departure and en-route phases of flight, or between en-route flight and an approach/landing procedure.

Usage notes

In the United Kingdom education system, the noun is used to define any move within or between schools, for example, a move from one year group to the next. Contrast with transfer which is used to define a move from one school to another, for example from primary school to secondary school.In the United States education system the, noun is used to define a move from a one phase of an Independent Educational Program (IEP) to another specifically regarding the child's or adult's progress from more or less special educational support to greater independent living.

Translations

Verb

transition (third-person singular simple present transitions, present participle transitioning, simple past and past participle transitioned)

1. (intransitive) To make a transition.
2. (transitive) To bring through a transition; to change.

   The soldier was transitioned from a combat role to a strategic role.

3. (intransitive, LGBT) To change from one gender role to another, or bring one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.
   • 2009, Mara Drummond, Transitions - A Guide To Transitioning For Transsexuals And Their Families, page 71:

     If the transitioning person leaves the family home, there will be moving costs, and costs associated with the acquisition of another home or the renting of an apartment. If the non-transitioning spouse leaves the family home, […]

Related terms

• transit
• transitional
• transitionary
• transitionist
• transition element
• transition metal
• transition strip

Translations

Anagrams

• nitrations

French

Etymology

From Latin tr?nsiti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

transition f (plural transitions)

1. transition

Further reading

• “transition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

First attested in 1597. From Latin absorpti? (“a sucking in”), from absorbe? (“absorb”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b?z??p.?n?/, /?b?s??p.?n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?s??p.?n?/, /æb?z??p.?n?/, /?b?z??p.?n?/, /?b?s??p.?n?/
• Hyphenation: ab?sorp?tion

Noun

absorption (countable and uncountable, plural absorptions)

1. The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,
   1. (obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land. [Attested from the late 16^th century until the mid 18^th century.]
   2. assimilation; incorporation. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

      the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger

      the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool

   3. (chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

      the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.

   4. (meteorology) The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
   5. (physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
2. Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

   absorption in some employment

3. Mental assimilation. [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
4. (electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.

Translations

References

• absorption in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• absorption in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• probations, saprobiont

Finnish

Noun

absorption

1. genitive singular of absorptio

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.s??p.sj??/

Noun

absorption f (plural absorptions)

1. absorption

Further reading

• “absorption” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).