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interscendent, a. Math. rare.|ɪntəˈsɛndənt| [ad. mod.L. interscendens, -ent-em (Leibnitz), f. inter between; after transcendens transcendent.] Applied to expressions or equations involving incommensurable quantities in the exponents; regarded as being intermediate between algebraic and transcendental. Also interscenˈdental a.
1796Hutton Math. Dict., Interscendent, in Algebra, is applied to quantities, when the exponents of their powers are radical quantities. Thus x′√2, x′√a, etc. are interscendent quantities. 1879Salmon Higher Plane Curves vii. (ed. 3) 275 A class of equations called by Leibnitz interscendental, or which involve the variables with exponents not commensurable with any rational number: for example y = x′√2. |