English to English
adjective
- of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- one who stays for only a short time
Transient laborers.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
source: WordNet 3.0
- That which remains but for a brief time.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- lasting a very short time
The ephemeral joys of childhood.
A passing fancy.
Youth's transient beauty.
Love is transitory but it is eternal.
Fugacious blossoms.
source: WordNet 3.0
English to Tagalog
adj
- [tránsient] Lumilipas; sangdalian
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
