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transcendental

tran·scen·den·tal [ tràn sen dént'l ]

adjective

Definition:

1. philosophy not experienced but knowable: independent of human experience of phenomena but within the range of knowledge

2. mystical: relating to mystical or supernatural experience and therefore beyond the material world

3.
Same as transcendent (sense 1)

4. mathematics not algebraic: describes a number or function that is not algebraic and is not the root of an algebraic equation

noun (plural tran·scen·den·tals)

Definition:

mathematics number impossible to express as integer: a number that cannot be expressed as an integer, e.g. a nonrepeating decimal such as pi

[Early 17th century. < late Latin transcendentalis "transcending the bounds of all categories" < transcendere (see transcend)]

tran·scen·den·tal·ly [ tràn sen dént'lee ] adverb

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