Transience or transient may refer to:

Music

* ''Transient'' (album), a 2004 album by Gaelle * ''Transience'' (Steven Wilson album), 2015 *

Transience (Wreckless Eric album) ''Transcience'' is a studio album by English musician Wreckless Eric Eric Goulden (born 18 May 1954), known as Wreckless Eric, is an English rock/ new wave singer-songwriter, best known for his 1977 single " Whole Wide World" on Stiff Records. ...

Science and engineering

* Transient state, when a process variable or variables have been changed and the system has not yet reached a steady state. *

Transient modelling Transient modelling is a way of looking at a process with the primary criterion of time, observing the pattern of changes in the subject being studied over time. Its obverse is Steady state, where you might know only the starting and ending figures ...

, a way of looking at a process with the primary criterion of time, observing the pattern of changes in the subject being studied over time. *

Transient response In electrical engineering and mechanical engineering, a transient response is the response of a system to a change from an equilibrium or a steady state. The transient response is not necessarily tied to abrupt events but to any event that aff ...

, the response of a system to a change from an equilibrium or a steady state. *

Transient (acoustics) In acoustics and audio, a transient is a high amplitude, short-duration sound at the beginning of a waveform that occurs in phenomena such as musical sounds, noises or speech. Transients do not necessarily directly depend on the frequency of the ...

, a high-amplitude, short-duration sound at the beginning of a waveform *

Transient (astronomy) Time-domain astronomy is the study of how astronomical objects change with time. Though the study may be said to begin with Galileo's ''Letters on Sunspots'', the term now refers especially to variable objects beyond the Solar System. This may be d ...

, an astronomical object or phenomenon of short duration *

Transient (civil engineering) In civil engineering, a transient is used to refer to any pressure wave that is short lived (i.e. not static pressure or pressure differential due to friction/minor loss in flow). The most common occurrence of this is called water hammer Hydrau ...

, any pressure wave that is short lived *

Transient (computer programming) In computer programming, transient is a property of any element in the system that is temporary. The term applies to '' transient applications'', i.e. software for the end-user which is displayed with a transient application posture; ''transient da ...

, a property of any element in the system that is temporary * Transient (oscillation), a short-lived burst of energy caused by a sudden change of state * Transient climate simulation, a mode of running a global climate model (GCM) so that the climate of the model represents a realistic mode of possible change in the real world.

Other

* "Transience" (short story), by Arthur C. Clarke *

TRANSIENT ECHELON, originally a secret government code name, is a surveillance program ( signals intelligence/SIGINT collection and analysis network) operated by the five signatory states to the UKUSA Security Agreement:Given the 5 dialects that ...

, a US secret program to intercept Soviet satellite transmissions * Transients, a term for some

homeless Homelessness or houselessness – also known as a state of being unhoused or unsheltered – is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing. People can be categorized as homeless if they are: * living on the streets, also kn ...

people * "Transients", title short story in the 1993 collection ''

Transients and Other Disquieting Stories ''Transients and Other Disquieting Stories'' is a collection of dark fantasy short stories by American writer Darrell Schweitzer. It was first published in hardcover and trade paperback by W. Paul Ganley in April 1993. It was nominated for the 199 ...

'' by Darrell Schweitzer

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