transitation

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noun

The act of transiting or passing; passage.

OriginLatin transitāre →
First used 17th–20th c.Scrabble 12
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Meanings

nountransitation (uncountable)
  1. obsoleterareuncountableThe act of transiting or passing; passage.First known use 17th–20th c.

    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

  1. Latintransitāre
  2. Englishtransitation

From the participle stem of Latin transitāre + -ion.

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Anagrams

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APA

transitation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transitation

MLA

“transitation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transitation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transitation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transitation.

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