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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.

  Example: a transient pleasure

• Remaining for only a brief time.

  Example: a transient disease

• 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.