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transientA malfunction that occurs at random intervals and lasts for a short duration such as a spike or surge in a power line or a memory cell that intermittently fails. See spike and power surge. transient Physics a brief change in the state of a system, such as a sudden short-lived oscillation in the current flowing through a circuit transient [′tranch·ənt] (physics) A pulse, damped oscillation, or other temporary phenomenon occurring in a system prior to reaching a steady-state condition.
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