Definition of "transientness" []

• The state of being transient. (noun)

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• "Convulsions, by the very fact of their violence, show that they are short-lived; and though we, who suffer by them directly, are apt to derive the slenderest solace from the philosophy which demonstrates their transientness, or their utility in certain aspects, it is nevertheless profitable, for various reasons, to make them a subject of remark."
• "In supporting-leg-lameness, the transientness of the weight-bearing period upon the affected member is the determining factor in the production of lameness."
• "And yet that evening, as I hesitated in the hall, I somehow was unable to grasp that it was real and permanent, the very solidity of the walls and doors paradoxically suggested transientness, the butler a flitting ghost."