transient (redirected from Transients)

tran·si·ent  (trnz-nt, -zhnt, -shnt)

adj.

1. Passing with time; transitory: "the transient beauty of youth" Lydia M. Child.

2. Remaining in a place only a brief time: transient laborers.

3. Physics Decaying with time, especially as a simple exponential function of time.

n.

1. One that is transient, especially a hotel guest or boarder who stays for only a brief time.

2. Physics A transient phenomenon or property, especially a transient electric current.

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[Alteration of Latin trnsins, trnseunt-, present participle of trnsre, to go over : trns-, over; see trans- + re, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]

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transi·ent·ly adv.

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transient

Adjective

1. lasting for a short time only: she had a number of transient relationships with fellow students

2. (of a person) not remaining in a place for a long time: the transient population of the inner city

Noun

a transient person or thing [Latin transiens going over]

transience n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	transient - one who stays for only a short time; "transient laborers" traveler, traveller - a person who changes location
	2.	transient - (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" oscillation, vibration - (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
Adj.	1.	transient - of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind transeunt philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
	2.	transient - 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" ephemeral, fugacious, passing, short-lived, transitory impermanent, temporary - not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing"

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transient

adjective brief, passing, short-term, temporary, short, flying, fleeting, short-lived, fugitive, momentary, ephemeral, transitory, evanescent, impermanent, here today and gone tomorrow, fugacious << OPPOSITE lasting

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1. Personnel, ships, or craft stopping temporarily at a post, station, or port to which they are not assigned or attached, and having destination elsewhere.
2. An independent merchant ship calling at a port and sailing within 12 hours, and for which routing instructions to a further port have been promulgated.
3. An individual awaiting orders, transport, etc., at a post or station to which he or she is not attached or assigned.

Translations

transient [ˈtrænzɪənt] adj → transitorio

transient [ˈtrænzɪənt] adj → transitoire, éphémère

transient [ˈtrænzɪənt] adj → vorübergehend

transient [ˈtrænzɪənt] adj → transitorio/a, fugace