transiently

tran·si·ent

T0318600 (trăn′zē-ənt, -zhənt, -shənt)adj.1. Passing with time; transitory: "the transient beauty of youth" (Lydia M. Child).2. Remaining in a place only a brief time: transient laborers.3. Physics Decaying with time, especially as a simple exponential function of time.n.1. One that is transient, especially a hotel guest or boarder who stays for only a brief time.2. Physics A transient phenomenon or property, especially a transient electric current.

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[Alteration of Latin trānsiēns, trānseunt-, present participle of trānsīre, to go over : trāns-, over; see trans- + īre, to go; see ei- in Indo-European roots.]

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tran′si·ent·ly adv.

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Adv.

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transiently - for a very short time; "these three pions may actually be joined together transiently as a compound particle during the interchange process"