Transient

a.	1.	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.
	2.	Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape.
	3.	Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders. What is loose love? A transient gust. - Pope If [we love] transitory things, which soon decay, Age must be loveliest at the latest day. - Donne. O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes. - Milton.
n.	1.	That which remains but for a brief time.

Noun	1.	transient - one who stays for only a short time; "transient laborers"
	2.	transient - (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
Adj.	1.	transient - of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind Synonyms: transeunt
	2.	transient - enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" Synonyms: ephemeral, fugacious, passing, short-lived, transitory

transient - 1. A sudden, brief increase in current or voltage in a circuit that can damage sensitive components and instruments.

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