Transcendental

Transcendental

Transcendental can refer to:

In mathematics:
* Transcendental number, a class of irrational numbers
* Transcendental function, a class of functions

In philosophy and religion:
* Transcendence (philosophy)
* Transcendental idealism, a philosophical doctrine founded by Immanuel Kant
* Transcendentalism, a 19th-century American religious and sociological movement
* Transcendental Perspectivism, a philosophy blending perspectivism and transcendentalism
* Transcendental Meditation, Vedic meditation technique introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

In music:
* "Transcendental" (album), an album by UK band To-Mera
* Transcendental Etudes, a series of twelve compositions written for solo piano by Franz Liszt

In industry:
* Transcendental Aircraft Corporation, founded in 1945 to research tilt-rotor aircraft

ee also

*Transcendence


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  • Transcendental — Tran scen*den tal, a. [Cf. F. transcendantal, G. transcendental.] 1. Supereminent; surpassing others; as, transcendental being or qualities. [1913 Webster] 2. (Philos.) In the Kantian system, of or pertaining to that which can be determined a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • transcendental — TRANSCENDENTÁL, Ă, transcendentali, e, adj. (În filozofia lui Kant) Care se referă la formele apriorice ale cunoaşterii, care premerge experienţei şi o condiţionează. ♦ Care este deasupra lumii reale. – Din fr. transcendantal, lat.… …   Dicționar Român

  • transcendental — (adj.) 1660s, from M.L. transcendentalis, from L. transcendentem (see TRANSCENDENT (Cf. transcendent)). Transcendental meditation attested by 1966 …   Etymology dictionary

  • Transcendental — Tran scen*den tal, n. A transcendentalist. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • transcendental — index mysterious, obscure (abstruse), paramount, recondite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • transcendental — adj. 2 g. 1. Transcendente. 2.  [Filosofia] Relativo à razão pura, anteriormente a qualquer experiência …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • transcendental — transcendent, ideal, *abstract Analogous words: *supernatural, supranatural: categorical, *ultimate …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • transcendental — adj. trascendental …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • transcendental — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to a spiritual realm. 2) relating to or denoting Transcendentalism. DERIVATIVES transcendentally adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • transcendental — [tran΄sen dent′ l] adj. [ML transcendentalis] 1. a) TRANSCENDENT (sense 1) b) SUPERNATURAL 2. abstract; metaphysical 3. of or having to do with transcendentalism …   English World dictionary

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