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transitional (iou)



transitional adjective & noun. E19.
[from TRANSITION noun + -AL1.]
A. adjective. Of or pertaining to transition; characterized by or involving transition; intermediate; esp. of, pertaining to, or designating an intermediate artistic style, as between (a) Norman (Romanesque) and Early English (Gothic) architecture (late 12th cent.); (b) Ming and Qing dynasty Chinese ceramics (mid 17th cent.). E19.
transitional case Grammar in some languages, a case expressing motion toward. transitional element Chemistry (now Hist.) each of the nine metallic elements now classed in group VIII (or groups 8-10) of the periodic table.
H. Moore We live in a transitional age, between one economic structure..and another.
b. ellipt. as noun. A transitional thing, period, etc. rare. E20.
transitionally adverb L19.
transitionalness noun L19.
transitionary adjective (rare) = TRANSITIONAL adjective L17.