(mathematics) any irrational number that is not an algebraic number

(mathematical analysis) Any function that is algebraically independent of its variable(s); a function which does not satisfy a polynomial equation whose coefficients are themselves polynomials.

A form of mantra meditation introduced worldwide in 1957 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1917–2008). / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see transcendental, meditation.

A device that converts energy from one form into another. / (computing theory) A state machine that generates output based on a given input.

Crossing or spanning a continent.

(chiefly in the plural) a transcontinental railroad.

(biology) The transfer of genetic material from one cell to another typically between bacterial cells, and typically via a bacteriophage or pilus.

(logic design) The improvement of an electronic logic network by reduction of redundant components in an initial version, using an established pruning procedure, then applying permissible functions for transformation of the network into a workable form. Thereafter the transformation and reduction may be repeated till no worthwhile further improvement results.

To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to another representation. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.

(obsolete) A transcendentalist.