Main entry: transient
Definition: (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
Main entry: transient
Definition: one who stays for only a short time
Usage: transient laborers
Main entry: transeunt, transient
Definition: of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
Main entry: transient, transitory, fugacious, ephemeral, short-lived, passing
Definition: lasting a very short time
Usage: the ephemeral joys of childhood; a passing fancy; youth's transient beauty; love is transitory but it is eternal; fugacious blossoms