Transcendental
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌtɹænsɛnˈdɛntəl/
Full definition of transcendental
Noun
transcendental
(plural transcendentals)- (obsolete) A transcendentalist.
Adjective
transcendental
- (philosophy) Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
- Superior, surpassing all others.
- Extraordinary.
- Mystical or supernatural.
- (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