Transiently
adjective
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.
Philosophy. transeunt.
noun
5.
a person or thing that is transient, especially a temporary guest, boarder, laborer, or the like.
6.
Mathematics.
a function that tends to zero as the independent variable tends to infinity.
a solution, especially of a differential equation, having this property.
7.
Physics.
a nonperiodic signal of short duration.
a decaying signal, wave, or oscillation.
8.
Electricity. a sudden pulse of voltage or current.
adjective
1.
for a short time only; temporary or transitory
2.
(philosophy) a variant of transeunt
noun
3.
a transient person or thing
4.
(physics) a brief change in the state of a system, such as a sudden short-lived oscillation in the current flowing through a circuit
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