English dictionary
transient
nounPronunciation
ˈtɹæn.zi.ənt
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- Something which is transient.
- A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
- (acoustics) A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform which occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
- A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker
- A homeless person.
adjective
- Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
- Remaining for only a brief time.
- Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
- (stochastic processes, of a state) having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
- Occasional; isolated; one-off
- Passing through; passing from one person to another.
- Intermediate.
- Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.
Example sentences
a transient pleasure
a transient disease