TRANSCENDENTAL

adjective Date: 1624 1. transcendent 1b, supernatural , abstruse , abstract , of or relating to ~ism, 2. incapable of being the root of an algebraic equation with rational coefficients , being, involving, or representing a function (as sin x, log x, e x ) that cannot be expressed by a finite number of algebraic operations , 3. in Kantian philosophy of or relating to experience as determined by the mind's makeup, transcending experience but not human knowledge, transcendent 1a, ~ly adverb