abrupt transition

collocation in English

meaningsofabruptandtransition

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abrupt
adjective
uk
/əˈbrʌpt/us
/əˈbrʌpt/
sudden and unexpected, and ...
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transition
noun[C or U]
uk
/trænˈzɪʃ.ən/us
/trænˈzɪʃ.ən/
a change from one form or type to another, or the process by which ...
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(Definition ofabruptandtransitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofabrupt transition

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To assuage the collective anxiety produced by thisabrupttransition, individuals quickly abandoned their social and political liberties to an absolutist state.
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The edges of the remaining forest fragments are an important component of the morphology of these habitat islands and represent anabrupttransitionbetween rain forest vegetation and human-made pastures.
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On this view, if "serious" is vague, there would in reality be anabrupttransitionfrom serious to non-serious illnesses.
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Women who made anabrupttransition, however, were significantly more likely than men to have given up part-time work (41.0% versus 8.8 %).
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There is noabrupttransitionat the age of 18 months, but the child is now secure upon his feet.
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While gradual retirement might ameliorate the possible negative outcomes of anabrupttransition, other factors complicate the picture.
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Unless ill-health intervened, most men expected to work full-time until 65 years-of-age, when retirement was compulsory; they then experienced anabrupttransitionfrom full-time work to no employment.
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These experiments show that, under certain critical conditions, steady thermocapillary convection undergoes anabrupttransitionto an unsteady, oscillatory-flow state.
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In the course of three or four days we have made thisabrupttransition.
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The existence of the earnings rule tends to encourage an undesirablyabrupttransitionfrom a position of full-time work to sudden and complete retirement.
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There is anabrupttransition, marked by an escarpment, between the plateau and the floodplain.
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It consists of anabrupttransitionbetween necrotic cells and preserved cells.
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The range where two mechanisms are working together is called the mesopic range, as there is not anabrupttransitionbetween the two mechanism.
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In some newly diagnosed patients, anabrupttransitionfrom relatively normal-appearing diaphyses to uncalcified metaphyses appears suggesting an abrupt metabolic change has occurred.
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Tina is bitter about herabrupttransitionfrom a hardworking employee to an average housewife.
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Its primary feature is theabrupttransitionfrom a natural-width rib cage to an exceedingly small waist, with the hips curving out below.
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There is usually anabrupttransitionbetween unaffected tissue and the ulcer - a characteristic sign known as skip lesions.
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The background color of the leopard catshark ranges from off-white to glossy jet black above and white to almost black below, sometimes with anabrupttransitionbetween the two.
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Linear models do not account for the frequency or the systematic direction of abrupt transitions observed empirically.
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Neither smooth nor especially flourishy, the artists brushstroke is distinguished by abrupt transitions and broken parapets.
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