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Synonyms
tran·si·ent (trăńzē-ənt, -zhənt, -shənt)

[Alteration of Latin trānsiēns, trānseunt- present participle of trānsīre, to go over, trāns-, over; see trans–, + īre, to go.]

adjective 

  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.

noun 

  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.

derivatives

trańsi·ent·ly
adverb