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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: evanescent, fugitive, flying, fleeting

    Antonyms: permanent

  3. staying only a short time:

    the transient guests at a hotel.

  4. Philosophy. transeunt.


noun

  1. a person or thing that is transient, especially a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
  2. Mathematics.
    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.
    1. a nonperiodic signal of short duration.
    2. a decaying signal, wave, or oscillation.
  4. Electricity. a sudden pulse of voltage or current.

transient

/ ˈtrænzɪənt /

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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Derived Forms

  • ˈtransience, noun
  • ˈtransiently, adverb
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Other Words From

  • 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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of transient1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin trānsiēns “going across,” present participle of trānsīre “to go across, pass over”; transit
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Word History and Origins

Origin of transient1

C17: from Latin transiēns going over, from transīre to pass over, from trans- + īre to go
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Example Sentences

However, such is the transient nature of football, Fernandes’ return to form will now benefit someone else.

From BBC

Leave it to Sean Baker to make the heavy darkness of love lost and transient youth feel light and bright.

From Salon

“I have lifelong damages to my jaw, my brain, blood clotting in my brain, due to a transient attacking me on an un-patrolled street in Venice,” she said.

Russell mentioned spending parts of three seasons with Chris Finch in Minnesota as one example, but otherwise, he’s lived a fairly transient NBA lifestyle.

Smith, a transient with an extensive criminal record, was charged with murder with the special circumstances of lying in wait, as well as committing the crime with a deadly weapon, a knife.

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