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transient
Adjective
  • Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
  • Remaining for only a brief time.
  • Decaying with time, especially exponentially. physics
  • having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again. mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state
  • Occasional; isolated; one-off; individual.
  • Passing through; passing from one person to another.
  • Operating beyond itself; having an external effect. philosophy
Noun
  • Something which is transient.
  • A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge. physics
  • A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform which occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum. acoustics
  • A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker
  • An unhoused person
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