(electricity) Rapidly changing actions occurring in a circuit during the interval between closing of a switch and settling to a steady-state condition, or any other temporary actions occurring after some change in a circuit.
transient phenomena
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(′tranch·ənt fə′näm·ə·nä)
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 | time-resolved laser spectroscopy (spectroscopy) |
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| Charles Proteus Steinmetz (American electrician & engineer) |
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