About The Word Transient
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Transient
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What's The Definition Of Transient?
[n] (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
[n] one who stays for only a short time; "transient laborers" [adj] (philosophy) of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind [adj] enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" Synonyms | Synonyms for Transient: ephemeral | fugacious | impermanent | passing | short-lived | temporary | transeunt | transitory Related Terms | Find terms related to Transient: See Also | oscillation | traveler | traveller | vibration Transient In Webster's Dictionary \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. ``Measured this
transient world.'' --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"sient*ly}, adv. -- {Tran"sient*ness}, n.
\Tran"sient\, n. That which remains but for a brief time. --Glanvill. |
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