Transient
adjective'trænʃənt
Adjective
lasting a very short time
“youth's transient beauty”
of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
Similar:Transeunt
Noun
one who stays for only a short time
“transient laborers”
Type of:TravelerTraveller(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
Type of:OscillationVibration
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Similar Words
- Ephemeral
- Fugacious
- Passing
- Short-lived
- Transitory
- Transeunt
- Impermanent
- Temporary
- Transience
- Transiency