Transient

Quick meaning: Transient is an adjective meaning Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

Meaning

Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

More Meanings

1. Remaining for only a brief time.
2. (physics) Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
3. (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
4. Occasional; isolated; one-off
5. Passing through; passing from one person to another.
6. (music) Intermediate.
7. (philosophy) Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.

Example Sentences

a transient disease

a transient pleasure

this transient world

a transient view of a landscape

Word Forms

• transients

Synonyms for transient

Depending on context, synonyms include passing, transitory, temporary, brief, ephemeral, fleeting.

Antonyms for transient

Common opposites include permanent, chronic, inveterate, recurrent, immanent, subjective.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fugacious, passing, ephemeral, transitory, short-lived, temporary.

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