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transient
transient is a 9-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses
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- 1adjective
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.
- 2adjective
Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape.
- 3adjective
Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders.
- 4noun
That which remains but for a brief time.
- 5noun
(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
- 6noun
one who stays for only a short time
"transient laborers"
- 7adjective
of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
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- 8adjective
lasting a very short time
"the ephemeral joys of childhood"
"a passing fancy"
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