tran·si·tion

/tranˈziSH(ə)n,tranˈsiSH(ə)n/

noun: transition
plural noun: transitions

• the process by which a person permanently adopts the outward or physical characteristics of the gender with which they identify, as opposed to those associated with their birth sex. The process may or may not involve measures such as hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery.
• a passage in a piece of writing that smoothly connects two topics or sections to each other.
• Music
  a momentary modulation from one key to another.
• Physics
  a change of an atom, nucleus, electron, etc. from one quantum state to another, with emission or absorption of radiation.

verb: transition
3rd person present: transitions
past tense: transitioned
past participle: transitioned
gerund or present participle: transitioning

undergo or cause to undergo a process or period of transition.

• adopt permanently the outward or physical characteristics of the gender one identifies with, as opposed to those associated with one’s birth sex.

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