Adjective transient has 2 senses
- transeunt, transient - of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
- ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious - enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
Antonyms: permanent, lasting (indirect, via impermanent)
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Noun transient has 2 senses
- transient - one who stays for only a short time; "transient laborers"
--1 is a kind of traveler, traveller
- transient - (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
--2 is a kind of oscillation, vibration
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