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Transition rocks
Transition Tran*si"tion, n. [L. transitio: cf. F. transition. See Transient.] 1. Passage from one place or state to another; charge; as, the transition of the weather from hot to cold. There is no death, what seems so is transition. --Longfellow. 2. (Mus.) A direct or indirect passing from one key to another; a modulation. 3. (Rhet.) A passing from one subject to another. [He] with transition sweet, new speech resumes. --Milton. 4. (Biol.) Change from one form to another. Note: 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.

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- Murchison R.I. (1833–1834). "On the Structure and classification of the Transition Rocks of Shropshire, Herefordshire and part of Wales and on the Lines of...
- lower, more ductile crust. For quartz and feldspar-rich rocks in continental crust, the transition zone occurs at an approximate depth of 20 km, at temperatures...
- contribution money would be used to buy land for members. In early 1922, rocks on the side of the road leading to Omaruru were painted with indelible tar...
- (1827). Observations . . . on the Structure of some detached Groups of Transition Rocks in the Midland Counties (Transactions of the Geological Society Volume...
- Volcanic rocks (often shortened to volcanics in scientific contexts) are rocks formed from lava erupted from a volcano. Like all rock types, the concept...
- 39-month transition to democracy was planned with the role of head of state being performed by a Transitional Sovereignty Council and a transitional government...
- located along the Tohickon Cr**** and adjacent to Ralph Stover and High Rocks State Parks in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Resica Falls Scout Reservation...
- Christopher Eccleston. VH1 announces that next moth it will complete its transition to a general entertainment format with the introduction of VH1 US programs...
- United States The Big Lift Fritz Lang Drama. Berlin Airlift, 1948, and transition to Cold War in Berlin's occupied sectors 1950 United States Breakthrough...
- Geological Survey of India 18:151–311. King, W. (1880) The gneiss and transition rocks, and other formations of the Nellore portion of the Carnatic. Memoirs...