TRANSIENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does transient mean?
• TRANSIENT (noun)
The noun TRANSIENT has 2 senses:
1. one who stays for only a short time
2. (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
Familiarity information: TRANSIENT used as a noun is rare.
• TRANSIENT (adjective)
The adjective TRANSIENT has 2 senses:
1. of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
2. lasting a very short time
Familiarity information: TRANSIENT used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TRANSIENT (noun)
Meaning:
One who stays for only a short time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
transient laborers
Hypernyms ("transient" is a kind of...):
traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)
Meaning:
(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("transient" is a kind of...):
oscillation; vibration ((physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
• TRANSIENT (adjective)
Meaning:
Of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
Synonyms:
transeunt; transient
Domain category:
philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)
Meaning:
Lasting a very short time
Synonyms:
short-lived; passing; fugacious; ephemeral; transitory; transient
Context examples:
the ephemeral joys of childhood / a passing fancy / youth's transient beauty / love is transitory but at is eternal / fugacious blossoms
Similar:
impermanent; temporary (not permanent; not lasting)
