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*1 a : passing especially quickly into and out of [[existence]] : transitory <transient [[beauty]]>
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Transients are difficult to encode with many audio compression [[algorithms]], causing pre-echo.
Transients are difficult to encode with many audio compression [[algorithms]], causing pre-echo.
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A '''transient''' [[astronomical]] [[event]], often simply called in [[context]] by astronomers a transient, is an astronomical object or [[phenomenon]] which can be [[observed]] for a short period of [[time]]. Singularly, the term is used for [[violent]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_sky deep sky] [[events]] such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernovae supernovae] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_ray_bursts gamma ray bursts].
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A '''transient''' [[astronomical]] [[event]], often simply called in [[context]] by astronomers a transient, is an astronomical object or [[phenomenon]] which can be [[observed]] for a short period of [[time]]. Singularly, the term is used for [[violent]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_sky deep sky] [[events]] such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernovae supernovae] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_ray_bursts gamma ray bursts].