Difference between transient and photostationary

Definitions

adjective

1. of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind
2. lasting a very short time

noun

1. (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
2. one who stays for only a short time

Examples

I'd live the transient and ephemeral existence of a backpacker for a week, an existence of freedom and simple pleasures.

The hurt or injury need not be serious or permanent but must be more than trifling or transient.

Norman Neal Williams had been a transient, they learned, an itinerant vitamin salesman with no known relatives.

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