Transient or transient means lasting or staying for a short time --
His authority was transient; when the leader returned he went back to his place on the sidelines.
The elation of the survivors was transient; soon they remembered the awful crash.
Transient may also mean a person with no fixed place or assignment --
He has been a transient for weeks, waiting for orders that haven't arrived.
He won't be able to cash a check; he's a transient here.
Transeunt or transeunt describes a thought that has some effect outside the mind --
A child who believes that his anger caused an accident or injury has embraced the idea of transeunt causation.
The philosophical discussions about tanseunt causation become mired in arguments about free will and determinism.
Now that you know that, you can say --
"He entertained a transient notion that his fall had been the result of transeunt causation."
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