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Transient

//ˈtɹan.zi.ənt// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

    "a transient pleasure"

  2. 2
    Remaining for only a brief time.

    "a transient view of a landscape"

  3. 3
    Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
  4. 4
    having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
  5. 5
    Occasional; isolated; one-off
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  1. 6
    Passing through; passing from one person to another.
  2. 7
    Intermediate.
  3. 8
    Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind wordnet
  2. 2
    lasting a very short time wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Something that is transient.
  2. 2
    (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load wordnet
  3. 3
    A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
  4. 4
    one who stays for only a short time wordnet
  5. 5
    A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
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  1. 6
    A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker.

    "Then, within the space of a few months, there were more transients than there were locals, and the imbalance seemed morally wrong."

  2. 7
    A homeless person.
  3. 8
    A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time.

    "The overhead in loading transients is a big time-waster."

  4. 9
    A homestay. Philippines

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Late Latin transiēnt- (for classical transeunt-), stem of transiēns, present participle of trānsīre (“to go over, to pass”).

Etymology 2

From Late Latin transiēnt- (for classical transeunt-), stem of transiēns, present participle of trānsīre (“to go over, to pass”).

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