SkyfireDict

transient   (TTS Sound)

The noun transient has 2 senses

• transient -- (one who stays for only a short time; "transient laborers")


• transient -- ((physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load)

The adj transient has 2 senses

• transeunt, transient -- (of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind)


• ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious -- (lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms")