The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge. / Ambitious and imaginative vagueness in thought, imagery, or diction.

One who believes in transcendentalism.

(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.

(obsolete) A transcendentalist.

(philosophy) Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience. / Superior; surpassing all others; extraordinary; transcendent. / Mystical or supernatural.

In a transcendental manner.

plural of transcendentalist

(philosophy) A criticism of a philosophy from a religious (or transcendent) standpoint.