transient

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transient Definition

• (a) of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
• (n) one who stays for only a short time; "transient laborers"
• (n) (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
• (s) enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth''s transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"

transient Synonyms

• ephemeral
• fugacious
• passing
• short-lived
• transeunt
• transient
• transitory