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transient

/ˈtɹæn.ʃənt/ adjectif B2

En français : passager, provisoire, transitoire, temporaire

  1. Passing or disappearing with time; transitory. · a transient pleasure
  2. Remaining for only a brief time. · a transient view of a landscape· a transient disease
  3. Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
  4. unsteady, [[nonsteady|non-]-steady-state]].
  5. having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
  6. Occasional; isolated; one-off
  7. Passing through; passing from one person to another.
  8. Intermediate.
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Dans la bibliothèque

Was it a transient vision, or was he face to face with reality?
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 264 · C1
Her daughter endeavoured to convince her of what she did not believe herself, that his attentions to Jane had been merely the effect of a common and transient liking, which ceased when he saw her no more; but though the probability of the statement was admitted at the time, she had the same story to repeat every day.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 159 · B2
Eradicating urban foxes has proven to be an exercise in futility, as vacant territories are rapidly claimed by transient individuals.
Urban Foxes: Thriving in the Concrete Jungle, p. 1 · C1
The Thames undoubtedly still meanders with the same sluggish indifference, bearing silent witness to the transient aspirations of countless generations.
The Malleability of Home, p. 1 · C2

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