Music
* Transient (album), ''Transient'' (album), a 2004 album by Gaelle * Transience (Steven Wilson album), ''Transience'' (Steven Wilson album), 2015 * Transience (Wreckless Eric album)Science and engineering
* Transient state, when a process variable or variables have been changed and the system has not yet reached a steady state. * Transient modelling, a way of looking at a process with the primary criterion of time, observing the pattern of changes in the subject being studied over time. * Transient response, the response of a system to a change from an equilibrium or a steady state. * Transient (acoustics), a high-amplitude, short-duration sound at the beginning of a waveform * Transient (astronomy), an astronomical object or phenomenon of short duration * Transient (civil engineering), any pressure wave that is short lived * Transient (computer programming), a property of any element in the system that is temporary * Transient (oscillation), a short-lived burst of energy caused by a sudden change of state * Transient climate simulation, a mode of running a global climate model (GCM) so that the climate of the model represents a realistic mode of possible change in the real world.Other uses
* Transience (short story), "Transience" (short story), by Arthur C. Clarke * TRANSIENT, a US secret program to intercept Soviet satellite transmissions * ''Transient'', a 2005 short film by Australian director Craig Boreham * Transients, a term for some Homelessness, homeless people * "Transients", title short story in the 1993 collection ''Transients and Other Disquieting Stories'' by Darrell SchweitzerSee also
* Impermanence, an essential doctrine of Buddhism * ''Mono no aware'', a feeling of transience in Japanese culture * Temporality, the linear progression of past, present, and future * {{disambiguation