Definitions of transient

1. Transience, transiency.

2. TRANSIENTNESS.

3. Transientness, transience.

4. TRANSIENTLY.

5. ( philosophy) of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind

6. 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.

7. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape.

8. Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders.

9. Fleeting; brief; passing; temporary, as lodgers.

10. Passing: of short duration: not lasting: mementary.

11. Passing; not abiding.

12. Lasting but a short time; evanescent; brief; hasty.