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    transitory - Dictionary definition and meaning for word transitory

    Definition
    (adj) lasting a very short time
    Example Sentence
    • the ephemeral joys of childhood
    • a passing fancy
    • youth's transient beauty
    • love is transitory but it is eternal
    • fugacious blossoms
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for transitory

Transistors take a very short time to turn from on to off i.e acting like a switch

Or, transitory=transition will occur(it has tendency for it)..so, it'll stay in the previous state for short period..previous state is ephemeral..

TRANSITORY and MOMENTARY have the same sound and both words mean... briefly, a fleeting (passing) moment.

transitory...signifiesthat it has tendency for transition..and imagine that transition is taking place quickly, as generally incase of physics..

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