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English to English adjective
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of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind |  | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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lasting a very short time | | Example: the ephemeral joys of childhood
a passing fancy
youth's transient beauty
love is transitory but it is eternal
fugacious blossoms
source: wordnet30 noun
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one who stays for only a short time | | Example: transient laborers
source: wordnet30
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(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load | | source: wordnet30
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That which remains but for a brief time. | | source: webster1913
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