transient
Syllables: tran·sient/ˈtɹan.zi.ənt/US/ˈtɹæn.ʃənt/
transient adjective: passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
Adjective
transient (comparative more transient, superlative most transient)
- Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
- a transient pleasure
- this transient world1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- Remaining for only a brief time.
- a transient view of a landscape
- a transient disease
- Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
- unsteady, [[nonsteady|non-]-steady-state]].
- having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
- Occasional; isolated; one-off
- Passing through; passing from one person to another.
- Intermediate.
- Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.
Noun
transient (plural transients)
- Something that is transient.
- A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
- A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform that occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
- A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker.
- Then, within the space of a few months, there were more transients than there were locals, and the imbalance seemed morally wrong.1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, paperback edition, Virago Press, page 3
- A homeless person.
- Synonyms:
- homeless
- A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time.
- The overhead in loading transients is a big time-waster.1978, Computerworld, volume 12, number 25, page 26
- These areas function to single thread supervisor routines that are loaded as needed. The Logical Transient Area (LTA) processes $$B transients.1990, Gary A. Stotts, DOS/VSE: Introduction to the Operating System, page 102
- A homestay.
transient meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
transient in Hindi
- transient, impermanent, perishable
- फ़ानी fānī
- transient, transitory, impermanent, temporary
- अनित्य anitya
- transient
- भंगुर bhaṅgur
- transient, ephemeral
- चल cal
transient in Tamil
- கணத்தில் மாறுகின்ற, நிலையற்று மாறுமியல்புடைய, நிலையற்ற, மாறுகின்ற, மாறும்
transient in Marathi
- क्षणभंगुर
transient in Urdu
- transient
- رفتنی raftanī
More languagesFewer languages
- transient in Bengali
- নশ্বর nôśśôr
- transient in Malayalam
- അല്പനേരത്തേക്കുള്ള, ക്ഷണികമായ, താത്കാലികമായ
- transient in Kannada
- ಅಶಾಶ್ವತ, ಅಸ್ಥಿರ, ಕ್ಷಣಿಕ, ಕ್ಷಣಭಂಗುರ
- transient in Sanskrit
- अनित्यता anityatā
- transient in Arabic
- مُؤَقَّت muʔaqqat, سَريع الزوال, اِبْنُ ساعَتِهِ ibnu sāʕatihi, زَمَنِيّ zamaniyy
- transient in Indonesian
- transien
- transient in Myanmar
- ပျံကျ pyamkya.
Examples of transient in a sentence
- Taking advantage of the surprise, which assured him at least transient attention, he continued, addressing himself particularly to Evelyn.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry...
- Traditionally, alumnae have more impact than students, whom the administration views as transient.1980 August 9, Robin Bechhofer, Emmy Goldknopf, “Class Reunion”, in Gay Community News, page 13:
- Like with setting and getting transients, WordPress packages a delete_transient() function for deleting a transient from the database.2020, Brad Williams, Justin Tadlock, John James Jacoby, Professional WordPress Plugin Development, page 102:
Synonyms of transient
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Antonyms
Forms of transient
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more transient |
| superlative | most transient |
| Noun | |
| plural | transients |
Origin of transient
From Late Latin transiēnt- (for classical transeunt-), stem of transiēns, present participle of trānsīre (“to go over, to pass”).
Words formed from transient
- intransient
- nontransient
- rotating radio transient
- transience
- transiency
- transient apical ballooning syndrome
- transient ischaemic attack
- transient ischemic attack
- transient luminous event
- transiently
- transientness
- transitoriness
- transumer
- untransient
- astronomical transient
- fast blue optical transient
- fast-evolving luminous transient
Phrases with transient
Questions about transient
- What does transient mean?
- Transient means passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
- What is transient in Hindi?
- Transient in Hindi is फ़ानी (fānī), अनित्य (anitya), भंगुर (bhaṅgur). See Transient meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use transient in a sentence?
- Taking advantage of the surprise, which assured him at least transient attention, he continued, addressing himself particularly to Evelyn.
- What part of speech is transient?
- Transient can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce transient?
- Transient is pronounced /ˈtɹan.zi.ənt/ (UK).
Words near transient in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: transient (page history and authors); अनित्य (Hindi) (page history and authors); transient (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transient (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); رفتنی (Urdu) (page history and authors); নশ্বর (Bengali) (page history and authors); transient (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); transient (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अनित्यता (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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