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transient🔊

Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

📑 Synonyms: passing transitory temporary

Remaining for only a brief time.

(physics) Decaying with time, especially exponentially.

(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) Having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.

Occasional; isolated; one-off

Passing through; passing from one person to another.

(music) Intermediate.

(philosophy) Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.

Something that is transient.

(physics) A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.

(acoustics) A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.

A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker.

📑 Synonyms: itinerant migrant traveller

A homeless person.

📑 Synonyms: homeless

(programming) A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time.

(Philippines) A homestay.