transitional
English
editEtymology
editFrom transition + -al.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edittransitional (not comparable)
- of, or relating to a transition
- transitional justice
- 1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 223:
- These tasks may be summarised as comprising the maintenance and improvement of railway services and facilities during a transitional period; the reorganising of systems of management and technical practices, so as to secure maximum efficiency and economy from the fusion of four major railway systems (using for these purposes all the resources and traditional skill of the former companies); and the building-up of a sense of common purpose and esprit de corps among a staff of more than 600,000 men and women.
- temporary; pending the implementation of something new
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Synonyms
edit- (temporary): provisional, provisory
Derived terms
edit- transitionally
- transitional deacon
- transitional epithelium
- transitional jacket
- transitional object
- transitional provision
- transitionality
Related terms
editTranslations
editof or relating to a transition
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temporary; pending the implementation of something new
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