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transcendental
ˌtranˌsenˈden(t)l/
adjective
1. transcendent, surpassing, boundless
2. being beyond ordinary or common experience, thought, or belief
3. of or relating to a spiritual or ideal realm, metaphysical
4. idealistic, lofty, or extravagant
5. Philosophy
a. beyond the contingent and accidental in human experience, but not beyond all human knowledge
b. pertaining to certain theories, etc., explaining what is objective as the contribution of the mind
c. Kantianism. of, pertaining to, based upon or concerned with the a priori element in experience which conditions human knowledge
6. relating to or denoting Transcendentalism
noun
7. Mathematics. (of a number, e.g., e or π) real, but not a root of an algebraic equation with rational roots; all transcendental numbers are irrational
8. Transcendentals, Theology. categories that have universal application, as Being, One, True, Good, Beautiful
“A transcendental experience, event, object, or idea is an extraordinary intimation of another dimension of existence, irreducible to ordinary terms.”
