transiently

1. 1.

   for a very short time

   “these three pions may actually be joined together transiently as a compound particle during the interchange process”

Questions about transiently

What does transiently mean?

transiently means "for a very short time".

How many syllables are in transiently?

transiently has 3 syllables and divides as tran-sient-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is transiently a common word?

transiently is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.