Complete Definition of "transcendental"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/tɹæn�s�nd�nt�l/

Adjective
en-adj

  1. philosophy Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
  2. Superior, surpassing all others.
  3. Mystical or supernatural.
  4. mathematics Of, or relating to a number that is not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients.

Derived terms
transcendental number
transcendental function
transcendental meditation
transcendentalism

See also
transcendent

Category:Religion

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