transient

adj.

1. Passing with time; transitory: “the transient beauty of youth” (Lydia M. Child).
2. Remaining in a place only a brief time: transient laborers.
3. Physics. Decaying with time, especially as a simple exponential function of time.

n.

1. One that is transient, especially a hotel guest or boarder who stays for only a brief time.
2. Physics. A transient phenomenon or property, especially a transient electric current.

[Alteration of Latin trānsiēns, trānseunt-, present participle of trānsīre, to go over : trāns-, over; see trans– + īre, to go.]

transiently tran'si·ent·ly adv.

A malfunction that occurs at random intervals and lasts for a short duration such as a spike or surge in a power line or a memory cell that intermittently fails. See spike and power surge.

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Temporary, fleeting, or passing phenomenon. A transient condition is of brief duration.

adjective

Lasting or existing only for a short time: ephemeral, evanescent, fleet, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transitory. See continue/stop/pause, time.

adj

Pertaining to a condition that is temporary or of short duration, usually not recurring.

n. 1. (usually transients) personnel, ships, or craft stopping temporarily at a post, station or port to which they are not assigned or attached, and having destination elsewhere.

2. an independent merchant ship calling at a port and sailing within 12 hours, and for which routing instructions to a further port have been promulgated.

3. an individual awaiting orders, transport, etc., at a post or station to which he or she is not attached or assigned.

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(DOD) 1. Personnel, ships, or craft stopping temporarily at a post, station, or port to which they are not assigned or attached, and having destination elsewhere. 2. An independent merchant ship calling at a port and sailing within 12 hours, and for which routing instructions to a further port have been promulgated. 3. An individual awaiting orders, transport, etc., at a post or station to which he or she is not attached or assigned.

IN BRIEF: Lasting a very short time.

A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it. — H.L. Mencken (1880-1956)

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forbigående, flygtig, kortvarig
n. - tilfældig hotelgæst

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorbijgaand, passant

Français (French)
adj. - transitoire, éphémère, de passage
n. - (US) personne de passage

Deutsch (German)
adj. - vergänglich, vorübergehend, (mus.) überleitend
n. - Durchreisender, Ausgleichsvorgang, Ausgleichsstrom

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πρόσκαιρος, προσωρινός, παροδικός, εφήμερος, περαστικός, διαβατάρικος, φευγαλέος, βραχύβιος
n. - (περαστικός) επισκέπτης

Italiano (Italian)
caduco, transitorio, passeggero

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - apressado (m), rápido (m), passageiro (m)
n. - pessoa em trânsito, onda errante

Русский (Russian)
кратковременный, переходящий, временный жилец

Español (Spanish)
adj. - transitorio, pasajero
n. - huésped temporal, (mat) diferencial

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tillfällig, kortvarig, flyktig
n. - tillfällig hotellgäst (am.), transient ljud (akust.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
短暂的, 瞬间的, 一时的, 暂住的, 路过的, 暂态, 短期居留者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 短暫的, 瞬間的, 一時的, 暫住的, 路過的
n. - 暫態, 短期居留者

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 순간적인, 변하기 쉬운, 경과적인
n. - 단기 체류객, 일시적인 사물

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 長続きしない, はかない, 短期滞在の
n. - 短期滞在客

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) عابر, زائل (الاسم) شخص مترحل, ضيف قصير ألأقامه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ארעי, רגעי, חולף, חטוף, זמני‬
n. - ‮עובד ארעי, מבקר או מתאכסן זמני‬

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