transient
not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory.
lasting only a short time; existing briefly; temporary: transient authority.
staying only a short time: the transient guests at a hotel.
Philosophy. transeunt.
a person or thing that is transient, especially a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
Mathematics.
a function that tends to zero as the independent variable tends to infinity.
a solution, especially of a differential equation, having this property.
Physics.
a nonperiodic signal of short duration.
a decaying signal, wave, or oscillation.
Electricity. a sudden pulse of voltage or current.
Origin of transient
1synonym study For transient
Other words for transient
Opposites for transient
Other words from transient
- 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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How to use transient in a sentence
HPV is so transient because no form of safe sex is fool proof.
Because my upbringing was so transient, New York ended up being my home.
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Los Angeles police have described Campbell as a transient who has lived in the city for only a short period.
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As he walked back to his hotel, his head was full of plans for the girl's transient pleasure and lasting benefit.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. WilliamsonHe was Gascon to the backbone, and his tongue too often betrayed his most secret and his most transient thoughts.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonTo the Indians and the Negroes, tobacco is almost the only solace in this transient life.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Our fine weather was very transient, for it was raining again when we reached Worcester.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyBut the transient Car bill, as it came to be called, began mysteriously to attract unprecedented attention.
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British Dictionary definitions for transient
/ (ˈtrænzɪənt) /
for a short time only; temporary or transitory
philosophy a variant of transeunt
a transient person or thing
physics a brief change in the state of a system, such as a sudden short-lived oscillation in the current flowing through a circuit
Origin of transient
1Derived forms of transient
- transiently, adverb
- transience or transiency, noun
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