transcendental

 
Pronunciation: /ˌtransɛnˈdɛnt(ə)l, ˌtrɑːn-/

adjective

  • 1relating to a spiritual realm: the transcendental importance of each person’s soul
  • relating to or denoting Transcendentalism.
  • 2(in Kantian philosophy) presupposed in and necessary to experience; a priori.
  • 3 Mathematics (of a number, e.g. e or π) real but not a root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients.
  • (of a function) not capable of being produced by the algebraical operations of addition, multiplication, and involution, or the inverse operations.

Derivatives

transcendentalize

(also transcendentalise) verb

transcendentally

adverb

Origin:

early 17th century: from medieval Latin transcendentalis (see transcendent)