transient

Meaning

Adj

1. Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
2. Remaining for only a brief time.
3. Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
4. having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
5. Occasional; isolated; one-off
6. Passing through; passing from one person to another.
7. Intermediate.
8. Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.

Noun

1. Something that is transient.
2. A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
3. 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. A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time.
7. (Philippines) A homestay.

Synonyms

transitory

ephemeral

temporary

fleeting

impermanent

short-lived

passing

evanescent

fugacious

momentary

frail

perishable

temporal

brief

provisional

fragile

transitional

transeunt

transitive

quick-fading

vain

interim

inconstant

momentarily

provisory

pulse

seasonal

short

short-dated

shortlived

short-run

short-term

tactical

transition

unstable

volatile

for a time

of short duration

brief time

like a bubble on liquid

unabiding

non-eternal

very changeable

transient state

reversal pattern

a migrant worker

ambulatory

momentany

deciduous

departing

Translations

transitorio

vorübergehend

éphémère

flüchtig

transitoire

transitorio

vergänglich

kurzlebig

pasajero

transitório

kortstondig

vergankelijk

fugaz

passager

παροδικός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹan.zi.ənt/

Etymology

From Late Latin transiēnt- (for classical transeunt-), stem of transiēns, present participle of transire (“to go over, to pass”).