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title: CSS Transitions
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<p><strong>CSS Transitions</strong> is a module of CSS that defines how to create smooth transitions between values of a given CSS properties. It allows to create them, but also to define their evolution, using timing functions..</p>

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<h2 id="Guides">Guides</h2>

<dl>
 <dt><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/CSS/Using_CSS_transitions">Using CSS transitions</a></dt>
 <dd>Step-by-step tutorial about how to create smooth transitions using CSS, this article describes each relevant CSS properties explains how they interact.</dd>
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<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

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   <td>Initial definition.</td>
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<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li>Related to CSS Transitions, <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Animations">CSS Animations</a> can triggers animations independantly of value changes.</li>
</ul>

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