transient

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. one who stays for only a short time
- transient laborers
• Hypernyms:
traveler, traveller
2. (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
• Topics:
physics, natural philosophy
• Hypernyms:
oscillation, vibration

II - adjective

1. lasting a very short time
- the ephemeral joys of childhood
- a passing fancy
- youth's transient beauty
- love is transitory but it is eternal
- fugacious blossoms
• Syn:
ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transitory, fugacious
• Similar to:
impermanent, temporary
• Derivationally related forms:
fugaciousness (for: fugacious), fugacity (for: fugacious), transitoriness (for: transitory), transiency, transience, ephemera (for: ephemeral), ephemeralness (for: ephemeral), ephemerality (for: ephemeral)
2. of a mental act;
causing effects outside the mind
• Syn:
transeunt
• Ant:
immanent (for: transeunt)
• Topics:
philosophy

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ephemeral, passing, short-lived, transitory, fugacious, transeunt
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  immanent, subjective