transcendental

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌtɹænsɛnˈdɛntəl/

Noun

transcendental (plural transcendentals)

1. (obsolete) A transcendentalist.

Adjective

transcendental (comparative more transcendental, superlative most transcendental)

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

Antonyms

• (mathematics): algebraic

Hypernyms

• (mathematics): irrational

Derived terms

Terms derived from transcendental

transcendental ego transcendental function

transcendentalize transcendental meditation

transcendental number transcendentalism

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to transcendental

transcend transcendence transcendency

transcendent transcendently

Translations

independent of experience

Greek: υπερβατικός (el) (ipervatikós) m. Romanian: transcendental (ro) m. and n.

Spanish: trascendental (es) Welsh: trosgynnol (cy)

supernatural

Greek: υπερβατικός (el) (ipervatikós) m., υπερφυσικός (el) (iperfisikós) m.

Spanish: trascendental (es)

in mathematics

Greek: υπερβατικός (el) (ipervatikós) m. Icelandic: torræður (is) m.

Spanish: trascendental (es) Swedish: transcendental (sv)

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Romanian

Adjective

transcendental

1. transcendental