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transitation

transitation noun: the act of transiting or passing; passage.

Noun

transitation (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The act of transiting or passing; passage.
    • Containing birth and death, potential with all the noise and transitation of life, the cathedral remained hushed […].1915, D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow, Vintage, published 2011, page 186

Origin of transitation

From the participle stem of Latin transitāre + -ion.

Questions about transitation

What does transitation mean?
Transitation means the act of transiting or passing; passage.
What part of speech is transitation?
Transitation is a noun.

Words near transitation in the dictionary

  1. transit lounges
  2. transit telescope
  3. transit telescopes
  4. transit tetany
  5. transitable
  6. transitation
  7. transited
  8. transiter
  9. transiters
  10. transiting
  11. transitings

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