noun
- One who stays for only a short time.
- usage: "transient laborers"
- Physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load. (
adjective
- Of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind.
- synonyms: transeunt
- Lasting a very short time.
- usage: "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
- synonyms: ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transitory, fugacious
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