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1. (philosophy) of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
   - transeunt
    
2. Lasting a very short time
   "youth's transient beauty";
   - ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transitory, fugacious, here today and gone tomorrow [informal], here today gone tomorrow [informal]

1. One who stays for only a short time
   "transient labourers"
    
2. (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage, current or load

Derived forms: transients

See also: impermanent, temporary

Type of: oscillation, traveler [US], traveller [Brit, Cdn], vibration

Antonym: durable, lasting, long-lasting, long-lived

Encyclopedia: Transient