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Meaning of transient

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  transient
      adj 1: of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind [syn:
             {transeunt}, {transient}] [ant: {immanent}, {subjective}]
      2: lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood";
         "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is
         transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" [syn:
         {ephemeral}, {passing}, {short-lived}, {transient},
         {transitory}, {fugacious}]
      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

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