[ adj ] lasting a very short time <adj.all> the ephemeral joys of childhooda passing fancy youth's transient beauty love is transitory but it is eternal fugacious blossoms
Transitory \Tran"si*to*ry\, a. [L. transitorius: cf. F. transitoire. See {Transient}.] Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent.
Comfort and succor all those who, in this transitory life, are in trouble. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.
It was not the transitory light of a comet, which shines and glows for a wile, and then . . . vanishes into nothing. --South.
{Transitory action} (Law), an action which may be brought in any county, as actions for debt, and the like; -- opposed to local action. --Blackstone. Bouvier.
Syn: transient; short-lived; brief. See {Transient}.
Economy Minister Nestor Rapanelli said Monday night in a speech broadcast nationwide that an increase in inflation would be "transitory," and that the government's program of deregulation and privatization would continue.
'This situation is transitory, and when Volvo is again confronted by the harsh realities of the market the problems will reappear.' Mr Longuet rejected criticisms that the French state had played too large a role in the planned deal.
The pope immediately replied, with his customary perceptiveness, that there was a big difference, because whereas the Chilean dictatorship was "transitory by its own definition," the Polish regime was permanent.
The yen also weakened sharply yesterday, though that could be a more transitory response. The Nikkei has already fallen more than 1,000 points from its 1993 peak on fears that the stronger yen would damp Japan's modest economic recovery prospects.
Moreover, productivity gains may increase if the slow-growth phenomenon stems from transitory circumstances.
Summers and Poterba believe the transitory components in prices account for more than half of the variance in monthly returns.
Warburg received a percentage commission on the placing, Enterprise acquired the Beryl assets through their transitory owner, Tonmar, which was rewarded by being swiftly liquidated.
It incorrectly assumes that the principles which I have called the new logic represent a transitory phase.