释义 |
transcend /tran-sendˈ, trän-/ transitive verb- To pass or lie beyond the range or limit of (human understanding, etc)
- To rise above
- To surmount
- To surpass
- To exceed
ORIGIN: L transcendere, from scandere to climb transcendˈence or transcendˈency noun transcendˈent adjective - Transcending
- Superior or supreme in excellence
- Surpassing others
- As applicable to being, relating to the absolute, transcending all limitation
- As applicable to knowledge, relating to what transcends experience, being given a priori
- Beyond human knowledge or consciousness
- Abstrusely speculative, fantastic
transcendenˈtal adjective - Transcending
- Going beyond usual human knowledge or experience
- Supereminent, excelling, surpassing others
- Concerned with what is independent of experience
- Supernatural or mystical
- Vague
- (of a function) not capable of being produced or expressed algebraically (mathematics)
noun (mathematics)A transcendental number transcendenˈtalism noun - The investigation of what is a priori in human knowledge, or independent of experience
- That which is vague and illusive in philosophy
- The state of being transcendental
- Transcendental language
- The American reaction against Puritan prejudices, humdrum orthodoxy, old-fashioned metaphysics, materialistic philistinism, and materialism, particularly associated with the poet and critic Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82)
transcendenˈtalist noun and adjective transcendentalˈity noun transcendenˈtalize or transcendenˈtalise transitive verb transcendenˈtally adverb transcendˈently adverb transcendˈentness noun transcendental function noun (mathematics) Any function that cannot be defined by a finite number of algebraic operations transcendental meditation noun A system of meditation designed to promote spiritual wellbeing and a relaxed state of consciousness through silent repetition of a mantra transcendental number noun (mathematics) A number that is not a root of any algebraic equation with integral coefficients |