TRANSIENT

transeunt, transient

(adjective) of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind

ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious

(adjective) lasting a very short time; “the ephemeral joys of childhood”; “a passing fancy”; “youth’s transient beauty”; “love is transitory but it is eternal”; “fugacious blossoms”

transient

(noun) (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load

transient

(noun) one who stays for only a short time; “transient laborers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

transient (comparative more transient, superlative most transient)

Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

Remaining for only a brief time.

(physics) Decaying with time, especially exponentially.

(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.

Occasional; isolated; one-off

Passing through; passing from one person to another.

(music) Intermediate.

(philosophy) Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.

Synonyms

• (passing): passing, transitory, temporary

• (brief): brief, ephemeral, fleeting, flighty, fugacious

Antonyms

• (passing): permanent

• (brief): permanent, inveterate

• (mathematics): recurrent

• (philosophy): immanent

Noun

transient (plural transients)

Something which is transient.

(physics) A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.

(acoustics) A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform which 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.

Synonyms

• (traveller): itinerant, migrant, traveller

• (homeless person): homeless

Anagrams

• instanter, intranets

Source: Wiktionary

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Tran"sient, a. Etym: [L. transiens, -entis, p. pr. of transire, transitum, to go or pass over. See Trance.]

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.

Tran"sient, n.

Definition: That which remains but for a brief time. Glanvill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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