transition

Definitions of transition in various dictionaries:

noun - the act of passing from one state or place to the next

noun - an event that results in a transformation

noun - a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another

noun - a musical passage moving from one key to another

noun - a passage that connects a topic to one that follows

verb - cause to convert or undergo a transition

verb - make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another)

Passage from one form, state, style, or place to another.

Passage from one subject to another in discourse.

A word, phrase, sentence, or series of sentences connecting one part of a discourse to another.

Music.

A modulation, especially a brief one.

A passage connecting two themes.