transient

About 8.84 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

   a transient pleasure

2. adjective Remaining for only a brief time.

   a transient view of a landscape

3. adjective Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
4. adjective unsteady, non-steady-state.
5. adjective having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
6. adjective Occasional; isolated; one-off
7. adjective Passing through; passing from one person to another.
8. adjective Intermediate.

Similar words

fugacious passing ephemeral transitory short-lived temporary impermanent transeunt fleeting momentary

Often followed by

and response ischemic or nature in increase analysis state

Word family

transiently transients