Definition of "transient" []

• Passing with time; transitory: "the transient beauty of youth” ( Lydia M. Child). (adjective)
• Remaining in a place only a brief time: transient laborers. (adjective)
• Physics Decaying with time, especially as a simple exponential function of time. (adjective)
• One that is transient, especially a hotel guest or boarder who stays for only a brief time. (noun)
• Physics A transient phenomenon or property, especially a transient electric current. (noun)

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• "Getting a saved transient is just like getting an option: get_transient ($transient);"
• "$transient the unique slug used while saving the transient with set_transient ()."
• "Most of what you print is what we call transient print."