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TRANSIENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("transient" is a kind of...):
oscillation; vibration ((physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Derivation:
transient (lasting a very short time)
Sense 2
Meaning:
One who stays for only a short time
Example:
transient laborers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("transient" is a kind of...):
traveler; traveller (a person who changes location)
Derivation:
transient (lasting a very short time)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
Synonyms:
transeunt; transient
Classified under:
Domain category:
philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lasting a very short time
Example:
fugacious blossoms
Synonyms:
ephemeral; fugacious; passing; short-lived; transient; transitory
Classified under:
Similar:
impermanent; temporary (not permanent; not lasting)
Derivation:
transience (the attribute of being brief or fleeting)
transiency (an impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying)
transient ((physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load)
transient (one who stays for only a short time)
Context examples:
Examining a device for problems resulting from transient physical insults such as dropping or shaking the device.
(Device Shock Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)
Reddening of the skin from a transient increase in blood flow.
(Flushing, NCI Thesaurus)
Ultraviolet light-induced DNA damage causes a transient immobilization of ERCC1/XPF to engage the complex in a single repair event.
(DNA Excision Repair Protein ERCC-1, NCI Thesaurus)
The device or component failed due to fluctuations within the power supply (e.g. transient power, power spike, power dip, or power sequencing).
(Device Power Fluctuation Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)
A transient reddening of the face that may be due to fever, certain drugs, exertion, stress, or a disease process.
(Flushing, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
It is characterized by respiratory and nervous symptoms in fowl and is transmissible to man causing a severe, but transient conjunctivitis.
(Newcastle Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The transient diabetes mellitus lasts for weeks or months and may return in adolescence or in adulthood.
(Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus, NCI Thesaurus)
Symptoms may develop after minor trauma and include localized neck pain, atlantoaxial instability, and transient or permanent neurologic manifestations.
(Odontoid Hypoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
Fertilization triggers a transient increase in cytosolic free Ca2+, which leads to CSF inactivation and cyclin B destruction through the APC.
(Oocyte Meiosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
PAD can increase your risk of heart attack, stroke, and transient ischemic attack.
(Peripheral Arterial Disease, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
