CHANGEOVER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An event that results in a transformation

Synonyms:

changeover; conversion; transition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("changeover" is a kind of...):

shift; transformation; transmutation (a qualitative change)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "changeover"):

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)

Derivation:

change over (change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy)