transient

Meanings

1. Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
2. Remaining for only a brief time.
3. Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
4. having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
5. Occasional; isolated; one-off
6. Passing through; passing from one person to another.
7. Intermediate.
8. Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.

1. Something that is transient.
2. A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
3. A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
4. A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker.
5. A homeless person.
6. A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time.
7. A homestay.

Etymology

From Late Latin transiēnt- (for classical transeunt-), stem of transiēns, present participle of trānsīre (“to go over, to pass”).

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