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Use "transients" in a sentence
"This could cause short term transients from things like passing cars or people lighting cigarettes to produce spikes in temperature readings."
"Interestingly, long term transients such as jump starting a 12V system using a 24V system are also part of the design."
"Edge Triggering however can lead to "transients" - that is brief power surges that can confuse the devices on the bus into thinking that data is on the bus when it is not."