Definitions
1.nounSomething which is transient.
2.nounA transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
3.noun(acoustics) A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform which occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
4.nounA person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker
5.nounA homeless person.
6.adjectivePassing or disappearing with time; transitory."a transient pleasure"
7.adjectiveRemaining for only a brief time."a transient disease"
8.adjectiveDecaying with time, especially exponentially.
9.adjective(stochastic processes, of a state) having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
10.adjectiveOccasional; isolated; one-off
11.adjectivePassing through; passing from one person to another.
12.adjectiveIntermediate.
13.adjectiveOperating beyond itself; having an external effect.