Definition of transient

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Transient (a.) 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..

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Meteor :: Meteor (n.) Specif.: A transient luminous body or appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region..
Tavern :: Tavern (n.) A public house where travelers and other transient guests are accomodated with rooms and meals; an inn; a hotel; especially, in modern times, a public house licensed to sell liquor in small quantities..
Spark :: Spark (n.) A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle..
Transiency :: Transiency (n.) The quality of being transient; transientness.
Inhabitant :: Inhabitant (n.) One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city, county, or state..
Brash :: Brash (n.) A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
Pertransient :: Pertransient (a.) Passing through or over.
Flesh :: Flesh (n.) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality..
Modulation :: Modulation (n.) A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations..
Fleeting :: Fleeting (a.) Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments..
Company :: Company (n.) An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient..
Transient :: Transient (a.) 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..
Impulsive :: Impulsive (a.) Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings.
Intranssient :: Intranssient (a.) Not transient; remaining; permanent.
Flash :: Flash (v. i.) To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed..
Beat :: Beat (n.) A transient grace note, struck immediately before the one it is intended to ornament..
Flighty :: Flighty (a.) Fleeting; swift; transient.
Occlusion :: Occlusion (n.) The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation.
Gliff :: Gliff (n.) A transient glance; an unexpected view of something that startles one; a sudden fear.
Meteoric :: Meteoric (a.) Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame..
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