| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
transeunt or transient (ˈtrænsɪənt) ![]() | |
| —adj | |
| philosophy Compare immanent (of a mental act) causing effects outside the mind | |
| [C17: from Latin transiēns going over, from transīre to pass over; see | |
| transient or transient | |
| —adj | |
| [C17: from Latin transiēns going over, from transīre to pass over; see | |
transient (ˈtrænzɪənt) ![]() | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | for a short time only; temporary or transitory |
| 2. | philosophy a variant of transeunt |
| —n | |
| 3. | a transient person or thing |
| 4. | physics a brief change in the state of a system, such as a sudden short-lived oscillation in the current flowing through a circuit |
| [C17: from Latin transiēns going over, from transīre to pass over, from | |
| 'transiently | |
| —adv | |
| 'transience | |
| —n | |
| 'transiency | |
| —n | |