No. 12,743 in Russian
кратковременные
"Кратковременные" means "short-term" or "brief."
In a sentence
Сегодня мы пережили кратковременные перебои с электричеством.
Today we experienced short-term power outages.
Here 'кратковременные' modifies 'перебои' (outages), describing them as being of a short duration.
Кратковременные осадки возможны во второй половине дня.
Short-term precipitation is possible in the afternoon.
In this sentence, 'кратковременные' is used with 'осадки' (precipitation) to mean that the rainfall or other precipitation will not last long.
У него были кратковременные вспышки активности перед длительным отдыхом.
He had brief bursts of activity before a long rest.
Here, 'кратковременные' describes 'вспышки активности' (bursts of activity), indicating that these bursts were brief in duration.
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