transient

Plural: transients

Noun

• one who stays for only a short time
  • "transient laborers"
• (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
• Something that is transient.
• A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
• A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
• A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker.
• A homeless person.
• A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time.
• A homestay.

Adjective

• of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind

Adjective Satellite

• lasting a very short time
  • "youth's transient beauty"

Adj

• Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
• Remaining for only a brief time.
• Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
• having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
• Occasional; isolated; one-off
• Passing through; passing from one person to another.
• Intermediate.
• Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.

Examples

• a transient disease
• a transient pleasure
• a transient view of a landscape

Synonyms

ephemeral, fugacious, passing, short-lived, transeunt, transitory, brief, fleeting, flighty, homeless, itinerant, migrant, temporary, traveller

Antonyms

immanent, chronic, inveterate, permanent, recurrent

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