Term: transient: (physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
Candidate hypernym: oscillation: (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean → 1
Candidate hypernym: drawler: someone who speaks with a drawl → 0
Candidate hypernym: scrub pine: common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2 → 0
Candidate hypernym: finger: any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb) → 0
Candidate hypernym: history department: the academic department responsible for teaching history → 0
Candidate hypernym: elimination: the act of removing or getting rid of something → 0
Candidate hypernym: trillium: any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower → 0
Candidate hypernym: low-sodium diet: a diet that limits the intake of salt (sodium chloride); often used in treating hypertension or edema or certain other disorders → 0
Candidate hypernym: manganese steel: a steel with a relatively large component (10-14%) of manganese; highly resistant to wear and shock → 0
Candidate hypernym: flashback: a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story → 0
Candidate hypernym: tremella: fungi with yellowish gelatinous sporophores having convolutions resembling those of the brain → 0