Arthritis is inflammation of one or more of your joints. The main symptoms of arthritis are joint pain and stiffness, which typically worsen with age. The most common types of arthritis are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis causes cartilage â the hard, slippery tissue that covers the ends of bones where they form a joint â to break down.
Definition of transient. 1  1 : one that is transient (see 1transient): such asa : a guest or boarder who stays only brieflyb : a person traveling about usually in search of work. 2  2a : a temporary oscillation that occurs in a circuit because of a sudden change of voltage or of loadb : a transient current or voltage.
The contrast of transient is steady state. Steady state refers to a situation whereby which the system has settled such that its parameters are seemingly constant. Transient means conditions have most suddenly activated and all portions of the system are responding to the initial conditions. The general solution of a differential equation is an equation with several arbitrary parameters, each of which will become known once initial conditions and boundary conditions are known.