Both Uses of
transient
in
Childhood's End
- And each of those transient sparks was a sun, with who knew how many circling worlds.... "In this single galaxy of ours," murmured Karellen, "there are eighty-seven thousand million suns.†
Chpt 14 *
- The billions of transient sparks of consciousness that had made up humanity would flicker no more like flreffies against the night.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
lasting a short time
or:
one who stays for only a short time
or:
one who stays for only a short time