change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics

fossilisation, fossilization - becoming inflexible or out of date

transformation, transmutation, shift - a qualitative change

glycogenesis - the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand

isomerisation, isomerization - the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself

rectification - the conversion of alternating current to direct current

alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"

ground swell - an obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression; "there was a ground swell of antiwar sentiment"

jump, leap, saltation - an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the major leagues"

musical passage, passage - a short section of a musical composition

passage - a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

flashback - a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story

flash-forward - a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story

dissolve - (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out

cut - (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next; "the cut from the accident scene to the hospital seemed too abrupt"

jump - (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another