Transient

tran's hent, a. Pa ing, as it were, over or acro a space or scene viewed, and then disaplinger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. pearing; of short duration; not permanent tionary; hasty; momentary; imperfect; transitory; fleeting; evanescent.— Tran's ientne , «.— Tran's it, n. Act of pa ing; pa age through or over; proce of causing to pa ; conveyance; a pa age or conveyance through a country. (Astron.) The pa age of a heavenly body over the meridian of a place, or through the field of a telescope; fm age of a smaller body acro the disk arger; a transit-instrument. — Tran's it-in's trument, n. A kind of telescope, used in connection with a clock for observing the exact moment when a heavenly body pa es the meridian of the place of observation; a kind of portable theodolite used by surveyors and engineers for measuring longitudinal and vertical angles.— Translation, -sizh'im or -zish/un, n. Pa age from one place or state to another; change. (J/«,s.) A pa ing directlv from one key to another. (Rhet.) A pa ing from one subject to another. — — Transi'tional, -sizh'unor -zish'un-, a. Containing, involving, or denoting transition. — Transitive, a. Effected by transference of signification.— sitive verb. (Gram.) A verb which is or may followed by an object. — Transitory, -sT-to-rT, Continuing only for a short time; speedily ishing or ceasing to be; transient; fleeting; cent; short lived. 472