Definition of transitory

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Transitory (a.) Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.

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Transitoriness :: Transitoriness (n.) The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or departure.
Transitorily :: Transitorily (adv.) In a transitory manner; with brief continuance.
Cat''s-paw :: Cat's-paw (n.) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air..
Grass :: Grass (n.) Metaphorically used for what is transitory.
Glimpse :: Glimpse (n.) A short, hurried view; a transitory or fragmentary perception; a quick sight..
Zoogloea :: Zoogloea (n.) A colony or mass of bacteria imbedded in a viscous gelatinous substance. The zoogloea is characteristic of a transitory stage through which rapidly multiplying bacteria pass in the course of their evolution. Also used adjectively.
Pang :: Pang (n.) A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death..
Immanent :: Immanent (a.) Remaining within; inherent; indwelling; abiding; intrinsic; internal or subjective; hence, limited in activity, agency, or effect, to the subject or associated acts; -- opposed to emanant, transitory, transitive, or objective..
Vapor :: Vapor (n.) Something unsubstantial, fleeting, or transitory; unreal fancy; vain imagination; idle talk; boasting..
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..
Slatch :: Slatch (n.) The period of a transitory breeze.
Caduke :: Caduke (a.) Perishable; frail; transitory.
Standing :: Standing (a.) Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color..
Transitory :: Transitory (a.) Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.
Fleeting :: Fleeting (a.) Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments..
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