transcendental

Definitions


[ˌtrɑːns(ɛ)nˈdɛntl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to a spiritual realm
(e.g: the transcendental importance of each person's soul)

- (in Kantian philosophy) presupposed in and necessary to experience; a priori

- (of a number, e.g. e or π) real but not a root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients


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




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