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transcendental

tran.scen.den.tal \.tran(t)s-.en-'dent-*l, -*n-\ \-*l-e-\ aj Kantianism  
   1a: of or relating to experience as determined by the mind's makeup  1b: 
   transcending experience but not human knowledge  2: TRANSCENDENT  3a: 
   incapable of being the root of an algebraic equation with rational coe 
   fficients {p is a ~ number} 3b: being, involving, or representing a 
   function (as sin x, log x , ex) that cannot be expressed by a finite number 
   of algebraic operations {~ curves} 4a: TRANSCENDENT  4b: SUPERNATURAL  4c: 
   ABSTRUSE, ABSTRACT  4d: of or relating to transcendentalism  - 
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