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Transience means passing with time or is the state of being brief and short-lived. Something which has the property of transience is said to be transient, or often simply a transient or transient state.

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Transience means passing with time or is the state of being brief and short-lived. Something which has the property of transience is said to be transient, or often simply a transient or transient state.

Examples include:
  • Transient (acoustics)
    Transient (acoustics)

    In acoustics and sound, a transient is a short-duration signal that represents a non-harmonic attack phase of a musical sound or spoken word. It contains a high degree of non-periodic components and a higher magnitude of high frequencies than the harmonic content of that sound....
    .
  • A transient astronomical event
    Transient astronomical event

    A transient astronomical event, often simply called in context by astronomers a transient, is an astronomical object or phenomenon which can be observed for a short period of time....
     is a phenomenon that is relatively short-lived by astronomical standards. Examples include supernova
    Supernova

    A supernova is a Astronomy#Stellar astronomy explosion. Supernovae are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months....
    e, comet
    Comet

    A comet is a Small Solar System body that orbits the Sun and, when close enough to the Sun, exhibits a visible coma or a tail?both primarily from the effects of solar radiation upon the Comet nucleus....
    s, and meteor
    METEOR

    METEOR is a Metrics for the evaluation of machine translation output. The metric is based on the harmonic mean of unigram precision and recall, with recall weighted higher than precision....
    s.
  • Transient state (chemical engineering)
    Transient state (chemical engineering)

    In chemical engineering, a system is said to be in transient state when a process variable has been changed and the system has not yet reached steady state....
    .
  • Transience (band), an alternative band from MA.
  • Transient (civil engineering)
    Transient (civil engineering)

    In civil engineering, a transient is used to refer to any pressure wave that is short lived . The most common occurrence of this is called water hammer....
    .
  • Transient (computer programming)
    Transient (computer programming)

    Java In the Java , transient is a Java keywords used as a field modifier. When a field is declared transient, it would not be serialization even if the class to which it belongs is serialized....
    .
  • Transient, a term used to describe the wandering poor, better known as a homeless
    Homelessness

    Homelessness is the condition and social category of people who lack housing, because they cannot afford, or are otherwise unable to maintain, regular, safe, and adequate shelter....
     person, bum, hobo, etc.
  • Transient (oscillation)
    Transient (oscillation)

    A transient event is a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage, current or load....
     (electrical).
  • A transient laborer
    Transient laborer

    Transient laborers are people who offer their services for outdoor, usually home improvement work, for a fee. The term is chiefly American.Jobs include painter and decorator, driveway Pavement , snow removal, and other outdoor tasks....
     is a type of temporary laborer
  • A feeling of transience, called Mono no aware
    Mono no aware

    , also translated as "an empathy toward things," or "a sensitivity of ephemera," is a Japanese language term used to describe the awareness of mujo or the impermanence of things and a bittersweet sadness at their passing....
    , has been important in Japanese culture.
  • A transient screen
    Transient screen

    A transient screen is a pop-up screen such as a notification or dialog screen on a mobile phone.It covers only part of the screen as well as dimming the remaining area....
     is an element in user interface design.
  • Transience, a short story by Arthur C. Clarke.
  • A transgender
    Transgender

    Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies that diverge from the normative gender role commonly, but not always, assigned at birth, as well as the role traditionally held by society....
     person.