Thesaurus: transient

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1. a. Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure.
2. a. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape.
3. a. Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders.
4. n. That which remains but for a brief time.
5. adj. of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
6. adj. lasting a very short time
7. n. one who stays for only a short time
8. n. (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
9. That which remains but for a brief time. Glanvill.
10. j:88/n:12 n. one who stays for only a short time n. (physics) a short-lived">short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load