transient: Meaning and Definition of

tran•sient

1. not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory.
2. lasting only a short time; existing briefly; temporary: transient authority.
3. staying only a short time: the transient guests at a hotel.
4. transeunt.

1. a person or thing that is transient, esp. a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
1. a function that tends to zero as the independent variable tends to infinity.
2. a solution, esp. of a differential equation, having this property.
1. a nonperiodic signal of short duration.
2. a decaying signal, wave, or oscillation.
4. a sudden pulse of voltage or current.