Passing with time; transitory: "the transient beauty of youth"(Lydia M. Child).
Remaining in a place only a brief time: transient laborers.
Physics Decaying with time, especially as a simple exponential function of time.
n.
One that is transient, especially a hotel guest or boarder who stays for only a brief time.
Physics A transient phenomenon or property, especially a transient electric current.
[Alteration of Latin trānsiēns, trānseunt-, present participle of trānsīre, to go over : trāns-, over; see trans- + īre, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]
1607, from L. transiens (acc. transientem) "passing over or away," prp. of transire "cross over, pass away," from trans- "across" + ire "to go." The noun is first attested 1652; specific sense of "transient guest or boarder" first recorded 1880. Transience is first recorded 1745.
of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind [syn: transeunt] [ant: immanent]
2.
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" [syn: ephemeral]
noun
1.
one who stays for only a short time; "transient laborers"
2.
(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
transient 1. A sudden, brief increase in current or voltage in a circuit that can damage sensitive components and instruments. (2003-06-12) 2. A software object with a short and limited lifetime which is not saved for later reuse. (1998-04-19)
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