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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Occasional; isolated; one-off; individual.
  • Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
  • Passing through; passing from one person to another.
  • philosophy Operating beyond itself; having an external effect (antonym: immanent).
  • physics Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
  • Remaining for only a brief time.

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Noun:

  • An unhoused person
  • A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker
  • audio A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform which occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
  • physics A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
  • Something which is transient.

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