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English Dictionary: transient	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for transient
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transient adj of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind [syn: transeunt, transient] Antonym(s): immanent, subjective lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" Synonym(s): ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious n one who stays for only a short time; "transient laborers" (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transient \Tran"sient\, n. That which remains but for a brief time. --Glanvill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transient \Tran"sient\, a. [L. transiens, -entis, p. pr. of transire, transitum, to go or pass over. See {Trance}.] 1. Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure. [bd]Measured this transient world.[b8] --Milton. 2. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape. 3. Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders. [Colloq. U. S.] Syn: {Transient}, {Transitory}, {Fleeting}. Usage: Transient represents a thing as brief at the best; transitory, as liable at any moment to pass away. Fleeting goes further, and represents it as in the act of taking its flight. Life is transient; its joys are transitory; its hours are fleeting. What is loose love? A transient gust. --Pope If [we love] transitory things, which soon decay, Age must be loveliest at the latest day. --Donne. O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes. --Milton. -- {Tran"siently}, adv. -- {Tran"sientness}, n.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
transient 1. A sudden, brief increase in {current} or {voltage} in a circuit that can damage sensitive components and instruments. (2003-06-12) 2. A software object with a short and limited lifetime which is not saved for later reuse. (1998-04-19)