Transience or transient may refer to:
Music
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''Transient'' (album), a 2004 album by Gaelle
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''Transience'' (Steven Wilson album), 2015
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Transience (Wreckless Eric album)
Science and engineering
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Transient state, when a process variable or variables have been changed and the system has not yet reached a steady state.
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Transient modelling, 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.
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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 affe ...
, the response of a system to a change from an equilibrium or a steady state.
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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
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Transient (astronomy), an astronomical object or phenomenon of short duration
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Transient (civil engineering) In civil engineering
Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including publi ...
, any pressure wave that is short lived
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Transient (computer programming), a property of any element in the system that is temporary
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Transient (oscillation)
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 affe ...
, a short-lived burst of energy caused by a sudden change of state
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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 uses
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"Transience" (short story), by Arthur C. Clarke
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TRANSIENT, a US secret program to intercept Soviet satellite transmissions
* ''Transient'', a 2005 short film by Australian director
Craig Boreham
* Transients, a term for some
homeless
Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing. It includes living on the streets, moving between temporary accommodation with family or friends, liv ...
people
* "Transients", title short story in the 1993 collection ''
Transients and Other Disquieting Stories'' by Darrell Schweitzer
See also
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Impermanence
Impermanence, also known as the philosophical problem of change, is a philosophical concept addressed in a variety of religions and philosophies. In Eastern philosophy it is notable for its role in the Buddhism, Buddhist three marks of existe ...
, an essential doctrine of Buddhism
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Mono no aware'', a feeling of transience in Japanese culture
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Temporality
In philosophy, temporality refers to the idea of a linear progression of past, present, and future. The term is frequently used, however, in the context of critiques of commonly held ideas of linear time. In social sciences, temporality is studie ...
, the linear progression of past, present, and future
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