Transient - Definition

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