transcendence

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English

Etymology

From transcend +‎ -ence.

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  • IPA(key): /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛndəns/

Noun

transcendence (countable and uncountable, plural transcendences)

  1. (countable) The act of surpassing usual limits.
  2. (uncountable) The state of being beyond the range of normal perception.
  3. (uncountable) The state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity.
  4. Superior excellence; supereminence.
    • 1884, Alexander Viets Griswold Allen, The Continuity of Christian Thought:
      The Augustinian theology rests upon the transcendence of Deity as its controlling principle
  5. (mathematics) The property of being a transcendental number.

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