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transient

[tran-shuhnt, -zhuhnt, -zee-uhnt]

adjective

  1. not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory.

  2. lasting only a short time; existing briefly; temporary.

    transient authority.

    Synonyms: , , ,
    Antonyms:
  3. staying only a short time.

    the transient guests at a hotel.

  4. Philosophy.Ìýtranseunt.



noun

  1. a person or thing that is transient, especially a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.

  2. Mathematics.Ìý

    1. a function that tends to zero as the independent variable tends to infinity.

    2. a solution, especially of a differential equation, having this property.

  3. Physics.Ìý

    1. a nonperiodic signal of short duration.

    2. a decaying signal, wave, or oscillation.

  4. Electricity.Ìýa sudden pulse of voltage or current.

transient

/ ˈ³Ù°ùæ²Ô³úɪə²Ô³Ù /

adjective

  1. for a short time only; temporary or transitory

  2. philosophy a variant of transeunt

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a transient person or thing

  2. physics a brief change in the state of a system, such as a sudden short-lived oscillation in the current flowing through a circuit

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • transiently adverb
  • transientness noun
  • nontransient adjective
  • nontransiently adverb
  • nontransientness noun
  • untransient adjective
  • untransiently adverb
  • untransientness noun
  • ˈ³Ù°ù²¹²Ô²õ¾±±ð²Ô³¦±ð noun
  • ˈ³Ù°ù²¹²Ô²õ¾±±ð²Ô³Ù±ô²â adverb
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of transient1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin ³Ù°ùÄå²Ô²õ¾±Å§²Ô²õ “going across,†present participle of ³Ù°ùÄå²Ô²õÄ«°ù±ð “to go across, pass overâ€; transit
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of transient1

C17: from Latin ³Ù°ù²¹²Ô²õ¾±Å§²Ô²õ going over, from ³Ù°ù²¹²Ô²õÄ«°ù±ð to pass over, from trans- + Ä«°ù±ð to go
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“Some people have no real side effects and others get all of these side effects, but they are transient in our experience,†Niksarli told Salon in a phone interview.

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In this town, actors often stay at hotels for transient periods of time.

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This is a much taller order in places like Los Angeles and San Francisco, where the transient, ephemeral nature of the city makes it harder for memory to persist.

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She said the satellites and aerial surveys that created Bedmap3 will allow researchers to better estimate how thick the ice is, particularly in transient zones where the grounded ice changes to a floating ice shelf.

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Officials are searched for a transient man suspected of stabbing an Orange County sheriff’s deputy while she was conducting routine homeless outreach in San Clemente on Tuesday afternoon.

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