transient

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Synonyms: transigent, transcend, transience, transeunt, intransient, transie, transhet, transit, transept, transect, transiency

Antonyms: transigent, transcend, transience, transeunt, intransient, transie, transhet, transit, transept, transect, transiency

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. Passing or disappearing with [[time]]; [[transitory]].
2. Remaining for only a [[brief]] time.
3. {{lb|en|physics}} [[decay|Decaying]] with time, especially [[exponentially]].
4. {{lb|en|physics|technology}} [[unsteady]], [[nonsteady|non-]-steady-state]].
5. {{lb|en|mathematics|stochastic processes|of a [[state]]}} having a positive [[probability]] of being left and never being visited again.
6. Occasional; isolated; [[one-off]]
7. Passing through; passing from one person to another.
8. {{lb|en|music}} [[intermediate|Intermediate]].
9. {{lb|en|philosophy}} Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.

Noun

1. Something that is transient.
2. {{lb|en|physics}} A transient [[phenomenon]], especially an [[electric]] [[current]]; a very brief [[surge]].
3. {{senseid|en|Q17090354}} {{lb|en|acoustics}} A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio [[waveform]] that occurs very quickly, such as the [[attack]] of a [[snare]] drum.
4. A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a [[migrant]] worker.
5. A [[homeless]] person.
6. {{lb|en|programming}} A [[module]] that generally remains in [[memory]] only for a short time.
7. {{lb|en|Philippines}} A [[homestay]]. {{rfex|en}}

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