Definitions for Transient
ˈtræn ʃənt, -ʒənt, -zi ənttran·sient

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. transientnoun

   one who stays for only a short time

   "transient laborers"

2. transientadjective

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

3. transeunt, transientadjective

   of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind

4. ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugaciousadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. transientnoun

   Something which is transient.

2. transientnoun

   A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.

3. transientnoun

   A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform which occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.

4. transientnoun

   A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker

5. transientnoun

   An unhoused person

6. transientadjective

   Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

7. transientadjective

   Remaining for only a brief time.

8. transientadjective

   Decaying with time, especially exponentially.

9. transientadjective

   having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.

10. transientadjective

    Occasional; isolated; one-off; individual.

11. transientadjective

    Passing through; passing from one person to another.

12. transientadjective

    Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.

13. Etymology: From stem of transiens, present participle of transeo

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TRANSIENTadjective

   Soon past; soon passing; short; momentary; not lasting; not durable.

   Etymology: transiens, Lat.

   How soon hath thy prediction, seer blest!
   Measur’d this transient world, the race of time,
   Till time stand fix’d. John Milton.

   He that rides post through a country, may, from the transient view, tell how in general the parts lie. John Locke.

   Love hitherto a transient guest,
   Ne’er held possession in his breast. Jonathan Swift.

   What is loose love? a transient gust,
   A vapour fed from wild desire. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. transient

   Transient refers to something that lasts for only a short period of time, is temporary or has a brief existence before eventually disappearing or changing. The term can be used in various contexts such as physics, mathematics, technology, and more to describe a phenomenon or state that is fleeting or not permanent.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Transientadjective

   passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure

2. Transientadjective

   hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape

3. Transientadjective

   staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders

4. Transientnoun

   that which remains but for a brief time

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Transient

   tran′shent, adj. passing: of short duration: not lasting: momentary: (mus.) intermediate.—ns. Tran′sience, Tran′siency, transientness.—adv. Tran′siently.—n. Tran′sientness. [L. transiens—trans, across, īre, itum, to go.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. transient

   1. Personnel, ships, or craft stopping temporarily at a post, station, or port to which they are not assigned or attached, and having destination elsewhere. 2. An independent merchant ship calling at a port and sailing within 12 hours, and for which routing instructions to a further port have been promulgated. 3. An individual awaiting orders, transport, etc., at a post or station to which he or she is not attached or assigned.

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1. instanter

2. intranets

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Transient in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Transient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Transient in a Sentence

1. Professor Hakan Kayal:

   The so-called transient lunar phenomena have been known since the 1950s, but they have not been sufficiently systematically and long-term observed.

2. H.L. Mencken:

   A home is not a mere transient shelter its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it.

3. James Goldsmith:

   None has more frequent conversations with a disagreeable self than the man of pleasure; his enthusiasms are but few and transient; his appetites, like angry creditors, are continually making fruitless demands for what he is unable to pay; and the greater his former pleasures, the more strong his regret, the more impatient his expectations. A life of pleasure is, therefore, the most unpleasing life.

4. L.F. Magister:

   Man's life is short and transitory because they devote most of their lives also to what is transient and momentary.

5. Stephanie Faubion:

   Women who are having a rough time during menopause with lots of hot flashes need to say,' You know what -- could this be a little more than just a nuisance ?' we used to think of hot flashes as transient and benign, but we're finding out now that they're neither.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Transient
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Transient
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Transient
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Transient
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Transient
7. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf