Found 4 items, similar to transient.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: transient sementara
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: transient sekejap
English → English (WordNet) Definition: transient transient adj 1: of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind [syn: transeunt] [ant: immanent] 2: enduring a very short time; “the ephemeral joys of childhood”; “a passing fancy”; “youth's transient beauty”; “love is transitory but at is eternal”; “fugacious blossoms” [syn: ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transitory, fugacious] transient n 1: one who stays for only a short time; “transient laborers” 2: (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
English → English (gcide) Definition: Transient Transient \Tran"sient\, n. That which remains but for a brief time. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster] Transient \Tran"sient\, a. [L. transiens, -entis, p. pr. of transire, transitum, to go or pass over. See Trance.] 1. 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. “Measured this transient world.” --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape. [1913 Webster] 3. Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster] Syn: Transient, Transitory, Fleeting. Usage: Transient represents a thing as brief at the best; transitory, as liable at any moment to pass away. Fleeting goes further, and represents it as in the act of taking its flight. Life is transient; its joys are transitory; its hours are fleeting. [1913 Webster] What is loose love? A transient gust. --Pope [1913 Webster] If [we love] transitory things, which soon decay, Age must be loveliest at the latest day. --Donne. [1913 Webster] O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes. --Milton. [1913 Webster] -- Tran"sient*ly, adv. -- Tran"sient*ness, n. [1913 Webster]