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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tran•sient /ˈtrænʃənt, -ʒənt, -ziənt/USA pronunciation adj. - not lasting;
not permanent;
transitory:a transient illness. - staying only a short time and passing through:transient guests at a hotel.
n. [countable] - a person or thing that is transient:Transients for Flight 806 will wait in Concourse C.
- Electricitya sudden pulse of voltage or current.
tran•sience, tran•sien•cy, n. [uncountable] tran•sient•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tran•sient (tran′shənt, -zhənt, -zē ənt),USA pronunciation adj. - not lasting, enduring, or permanent;
transitory. - lasting only a short time;
existing briefly;
temporary:transient authority. - staying only a short time:the transient guests at a hotel.
- [Philos.]transeunt.
n. - a person or thing that is transient, esp. a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
- [Math.]
- a function that tends to zero as the independent variable tends to infinity.
- a solution, esp. of a differential equation, having this property.
- [Physics.]
- a nonperiodic signal of short duration.
- a decaying signal, wave, or oscillation.
- Electricitya sudden pulse of voltage or current.
- Latin transi(ēns) (nominative singular), present participle of transīre to pass by, literally, go across + -ent; see transeunt
- 1590–1600
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fleeting, flitting, flying, fugitive, evanescent. See temporary.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged permanent.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: transient /ˈtrænzɪənt/ adj - for a short time only; temporary or transitory
n - a transient person or thing
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin transiēns going over, from transīre to pass over, from trans- + īre to goˈtransiently adv ˈtransience, ˈtransiency n |