A large-scale transportation system in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles.

(physics) The temperature at which one phase of a material changes into another; a transition point / (physics, chemistry) The temperature at which one form of a polymorph changes into another

plural of transition metal

plural of transition element

plural of transitive verb

(chemistry) Any of the group of metallic elements that have an incomplete inner (d) electron shell, having multiple valencies and forming coloured compounds and stable complex ions; the elements from scandium through copper, and those lying below them in the periodic table.

(computing theory) A function from (state, input symbol) to state describing what state to move to on receiving a given input in a given state.

(grammar): A verb that is accompanied (either clearly or implicitly) by a direct object in the active voice. It links the action taken by the subject with the object upon which that action is taken. Consequently, transitive verbs can also be used in the passive voice when the direct object of the equivalent active-voice sentence becomes the subject.

(physics) The transition between thermodynamic phases of a physical system, especially one between the solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of a substance.

(advertising) One of four archetypal dramatic structures of commercials, characterized by an emotionally neutral beginning with an enormous leap in positive emotions generated by seeing the branded product in use.