— transcendently , adv. — transcendentness , n.
/tran sen"deuhnt/ , adj.
1. going beyond ordinary limits; surpassing; exceeding.
2. superior or supreme.
3. Theol. (of the Deity) transcending the universe, time, etc. Cf. immanent (def. 3).
4. Philos.
a. Scholasticism. above all possible modes of the infinite.
b. Kantianism. transcending experience; not realizable in human experience. Cf. transcendental (defs. 5a, c).
c. (in modern realism) referred to, but beyond, direct apprehension; outside consciousness.
n. Math.
5. a transcendental function.
[ 1575-85; transcendent- (s. of transcendens ), prp. of transcendere. See TRANSCEND, -ENT ]