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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).
- A transient astronomical event is a phenomenon that is relatively short-lived by astronomical standards. Examples include supernovae, comets, and meteors.
- Transient state (chemical engineering).
- Transience (band), an alternative band from MA.
- Transient (civil engineering).
- Transient (computer programming).
- Transient, a term used to describe the wandering poor, better known as a homeless person, bum, hobo, etc.
- Transient (oscillation) (electrical).
- A transient laborer is a type of temporary laborer
- A feeling of transience, called Mono no aware, has been important in Japanese culture.
- A transient screen is an element in user interface design.
- Transience, a short story by Arthur C. Clarke.
- A transgender person.
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