Transience

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 astronomical event, a phenomenon that is relatively short-lived by astronomical standards
• Transient state (chemical engineering)
• 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), a short-lived burst of energy in a system
• A transient laborer, a type of temporary laborer
• Mono no aware, a feeling of transience in Japanese culture
• Transient screen, an element in user interface design.
• Transience (short story), a short story by Arthur C. Clarke

See also

• Impermanence, an essential doctrine of Buddhism