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• Transient — Tran sient, a. [L. transiens, entis, p. pr. of transire, transitum, to go or pass over. See {Trance}.] 1. Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• transient — adj Transient, transitory, passing, ephemeral, momentary, fugitive, fleeting, evanescent, short lived are comparable when they mean lasting or staying only for a short time. Transient and transitory are often used as if they were interchangeable; …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• transient — [tran′shənt, tran′sē ənt; tran′zhənt, tran′zē ənt] adj. [L transiens, prp. of transire: see TRANSIT] 1. a) passing away with time; not permanent; temporary; transitory b) passing quickly or soon; fleeting; ephemeral ☆ 2. staying only for a short… …   English World dictionary

• Fleeting — Fleet ing, a. Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments. Syn: Evanescent; ephemeral. See {Transient}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• transient — transient, transitory Both words mean ‘brief, fleeting’, with transient conveying rather more strongly the notion of people or things ‘passing through’ while transitory denotes temporary situations that are more static: • The highly transient… …   Modern English usage

• fleeting — index brief, elusive, ephemeral, temporary, transient, transitory, volatile Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

• fleeting — evanescent, fugitive, passing, transitory, *transient, ephemeral, momentary, short lived Antonyms: lasting …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• fleeting — [adj] brief, transient cursory, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, flash in the pan*, flitting, flying, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, meteoric, momentary, passing, short, short lived, sudden, temporary, transitory, vanishing, volatile; concepts… …   New thesaurus

• fleeting — [flēt′iŋ] adj. [OE fleotende, floating: see FLEET2] passing swiftly; not lasting SYN. TRANSIENT fleetingly adv. fleetingness n …   English World dictionary

• transient — I adjective brevis, brief, caducous, deciduous, elusive, ephemeral, ephemerous, evanescent, fading, fleeting, fluxus, fugacious, fugax, fugitive, hasty, impermanent, inconstant, interim, meteoric, migratory, momentary, passing, perishable,… …   Law dictionary

• transient — / transitory [adj] temporary, brief changeable, deciduous, emigrating, ephemeral, evanescent, flash, fleeting, flitting, fly bynight*, flying, fugacious, fugitive, going by, impermanent, insubstantial, migrating, momentary, moving, passing,… …   New thesaurus