definition of the word transcendental

• IPA: /tɹænˈsɛndɛntəl/

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. 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.

• transcendent

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