transient

Adjective
  1. Of a mental act;
    Causing effects outside the mind (synset 301277235)
    referred to in: philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
    same as: transeunt
  2. Lasting a very short time (synset 301760804)
    "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
    similar to: impermanent, temporary - not permanent; not lasting
    same as: ephemeral, fugacious, passing, short-lived, transitory
Noun
  1. One who stays for only a short time (synset 110744785)
    "transient laborers"
    is a type of: traveler, traveller - a person who changes location
  2. (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load (synset 107362068)
    referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
    is a type of: oscillation, vibration - (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean

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