That which remains but for a brief time.
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;
Noun
(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
Noun
one who stays for only a short time; "transient laborers"
Adjective
of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
Adjective S.
enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth''s transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
a.
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.
a.
Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view
of a landscape.
a.
Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as,
a transient guest; transient boarders.
n.
That which remains but for a brief time.
Transient
What is loose love? A transient gust.
If [we love] transitory things, which soon decay, Age must be loveliest at the latest day.
O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes.--
Transient
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;
That which remains but for a brief time.
Usage Examples
Anger is a transient hatred or at least very like it.
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Other Usage ExamplesTo the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash, and where previously the brain held a dead fact, the soul grasps a living truth! At moments we are all artists.
I'm the one who made many of the bold comments that we'd seen the technologies from AMD as pretty good. Their technology in many areas was leading. But those are transient.