transient

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   one who stays for only a short time

   transient laborers

2. 2
   adj

   Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

   a transient pleasure

3. 3
   adj

   Remaining for only a brief time.

   a transient view of a landscape

4. 4
   noun

   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.

5. 5
   noun

   A module that generally remains in memory only for a short time.

   The overhead in loading transients is a big time-waster.

6. 6
   adj

   of a mental act

7. 7
   adj

   lasting a very short time

8. 8
   noun

   (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load

Etymology

From Late Latin transiēnt- (for classical transeunt-), stem of transiēns, present participle of trānsīre (“to go over, to pass”).