transient

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. Source: opted

2. a. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape. Source: opted

3. a. Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders. Source: opted

4. n. That which remains but for a brief time. Source: opted

5. adj. of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind Source: wordnet

6. adj. lasting a very short time Source: wordnet

7. n. one who stays for only a short time Source: wordnet

8. n. (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load Source: wordnet

9. 1. 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. "Measured this transient world." Milton. 2. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape. 3. Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders. [Colloq. U.S.] Syn. -- Transient, Transitory, Fleeting. Transient represents a thing as brief at the best; transitory, as liable at any moment to pass away. Fleeting goes further, and represents it as in the act of taking its flight. Life is transient; its joys are transitory; its hours are fleeting. What is loose love A transient gust. Pope If [we love] transitory things, which soon decay, Age must be loveliest at the latest day. Donne. O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes. Milton. -- Tran"sient*ly, adv. -- Tran"sient*ness, n. That which remains but for a brief time. Glanvill. Source: webster

10. That which remains but for a brief time. Glanvill. Source: adambom

11. 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 Source: ecdict

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