- In telecommunication, a transition is the change from one signal state to another signal state.
- In music a transition is a change from one unit, section, parameter, or element or set of parameters or elements, to another. Transitions may be smooth and connected, or disjointed and contrasting.
- In television and film a transition is a change from one scene to another.
- In chemistry, a transition state describes how the atoms/molecules are organised while changing from a reactant to a product, at the highest energy (least stable) point along the reaction coordinate.
