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Definitions for Transient
[1] not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory.
[2] lasting only a short time; existing briefly; temporary: transient authority.
[3] staying only a short time: the transient guests at a hotel.
[4] Philosophy . transeunt.
[5] a person or thing that is transient, especially a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
[6] Mathematics . a function that tends to zero as the independent variable tends to infinity. a solution, especially of a differential equation, having this property.
[7] Physics . a nonperiodic signal of short duration. a decaying signal, wave, or oscillation.
[8] Electricity . a sudden pulse of voltage or current.
[9] for a short time only; temporary or transitory
[10] philosophy a variant of transeunt
[11] a transient person or thing
[12] physics a brief change in the state of a system, such as a sudden short-lived oscillation in the current flowing through a circuit
Words related to Transient
ephemeral, fleeting, transitory, short-term, flash, temporal, flying, brief, fugitive, short, volatile, passing, fly-by-night, changeable, evanescent, flitting, impermanent, insubstantial, momentary, moving
Words nearby Transient
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Origin of Transient
1590–1600; < Latin transi(ēns ) (nominative singular), present participle of transīre to pass by, literally, go across + -ent; see transeunt
Other words from Transient
tran·sient·ly , adverb
tran·sient·ness , noun
non·tran·sient , adjective
non·tran·sient·ly , adverb
non·tran·sient·ness , noun
un·tran·sient , adjective
un·tran·sient·ly , adverb
un·tran·sient·ness , noun
Word origin for Transient
C17: from Latin transiēns going over, from transīre to pass over, from trans- + īre to go
Synonyms for Transient
ephemeral, fleeting, short-term, transitory, brief, flash, fly-by-night, flying, fugitive, passing, short, temporal, volatile, changeable, deciduous, emigrating, evanescent, flitting, fugacious, going by, impermanent, insubstantial, migrating, momentary, moving, provisional, short-lived, transmigratory, unstable, vacating