Transcendental

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ËŒtɹænsÉ›nˈdÉ›ntÉ™l/

Full definition of transcendental

Noun

1. (obsolete) A transcendentalist.

Adjective

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

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