This word is sometimes pronounced tran*sish"un; but according to
Walker, Smart, and most other authorities, the customary and preferable
pronunciation is tran*sizh"un, although this latter mode violates
analogy. Other authorities say tran*zish"un.
Transition rocks (Geol.), a term formerly applied to the lowest
uncrystalline stratified rocks (graywacke) supposed to contain no
fossils, and so called because thought to have been formed when the
earth was passing from an uninhabitable to a habitable state.
Tran*si"tion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to transition; involving or
denoting transition; as, transitional changes; transitional stage.
Tran*si"tion*a*ry (?), a. Transitional.
Tran"si*tive (?), a. [L. transitivus: cf. F. transitif. See Transient.]
1. Having the power of making a transit, or passage. [R.] Bacon.