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Definition: Transcendental |
TranscendentalAdjective1. Existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley. 2. Of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual about the empirical and material. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "transcendental" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Synonyms: TranscendentalSynonyms: nonnatural (adj), otherworldly (adj), preternatural (adj). (additional references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Generality | Universal; catholic, catholical; common, worldwide; ecumenical, oecumenical; transcendental; prevalent, prevailing, rife, epidemic, besetting; all over, covered with. |
Number | Sum, difference, complement, subtrahend; product; multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator; coefficient, multiple; dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple; fraction, rational number; surd, irrational number; transcendental number; mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate; numerator, denominator; decimal, circulating decimal, repetend; common measure, aliquot part; prime number, prime, relative prime, prime factor, prime pair; reciprocal; totient. |
Superiority | Supreme, greatest, utmost, paramount, preeminent, foremost, crowning; first-rate; (important), (excellent); unrivaled peerless, matchless; none such, second to none, sans pareil; unparagoned, unparalleled, unequalled, unapproached, unsurpassed; superlative, inimitable facile princeps, incomparable, sovereign, without parallel, nulli secundus, ne plus ultra; beyond compare, beyond comparison; culminating; (topmost); transcendent, transcendental;plus royaliste que le Roi, more catholic than the Pope |
Unintelligibility | Indefinite, garbled; (indistinct); perplexed; (confused); undetermined, vague, loose, ambiguous; mysterious; mystic, mystical; acroamatic, acroamatical; metempirical; transcendental; occult, recondite, abstruse, crabbed. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Transcendental |
| English words defined with "transcendental": Algebraic curve, Algebraic function ♦ Circular function ♦ Inverse trigonometrical functions ♦ nonnatural ♦ One-valued function, otherworldly ♦ preternatural ♦ spiritual ♦ Trancscendental, Transcendental curve, Transcendental equation, Transcendental function, Transcendentality, transcendentally. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "transcendental": Trancscendental. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Transcendental" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Portuguese (abstract, otherworldly, transcendent, transcendental), Romanian (transcendental), Swedish (transcendental). |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The robe of speculative cobwebs, embroidered with flowers of rhetoric, steeped in the dew of sickly sentiment, this transcendental robe in which the German Socialists wrapped their sorry "eternal truths," all skin and bone, served to wonderfully increase the sale of their goods amongst such a public. (reference) |
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| "Transcendental" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.42% of the time. "Transcendental" is used about 131 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 95.42% | 125 | 28,650 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.82% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (common) | 0.76% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 131 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "transcendental": Transcendental curve ♦ Transcendental equation ♦ transcendental function ♦ transcendental functions ♦ transcendental meditation ♦ transcendental number ♦ transcendental philosophy. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "transcendental": historico-transcendental, quasi-transcendental. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "transcendental"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | transcedent, i jashtëzakonshëm (egregious, emergency, exceeding, exceptional, exceptive, exclusive, extraordinary, heroic, inconceivable, incredible, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, powerful, prodigious, sole, stupendous, terrible, thumping, transcendent, uncommon, unthinkable, unusual, wonderful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فائق (supreme, transcendent), واقع وراء نطاق الخبرة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | свръхестествен (eerie, hyperphysical, metaphysical, miraculous, occult, preternatural, spiritual, supernatural, supersensible, uncanny, unearthly, unnatural, weird), трансцедентален, неясен (abstruse, ambiguous, amorphous, blear, bleary, confused, crepuscular, dark, doubtful, dreamy, dusk, fuzzy, hazy, illegible, inarticulate, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indistinct, intangible, involved, inward, loose, misty, muddy, muzzy, nebulous, obscure, pale, recondite, shadowy, soft, ulterior, unclear, undecided, unformed, vague, vapory, vapoury, wan, woolly), абстрактен (abstract, abstractive, academic, academical, discrete, noetic), интуитивен (intuitional, intuitive, transcendent, visceral). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | transcendentální, intuitivní (intuitional, noetic, noetical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | transcendental meditation (transcendental meditation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | transcendentale meditatie (transcendental meditation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ylimaallinen (superterrestrial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | transcendantal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | transzendent (transcendent), metaphysisch (metaphysical, metaphysically, transcendentally), übersinnlich (psychic, supernatural, supersensory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπερέξοχοσ (supereminent, superfine, tiptop), υπερφυσικόσ (preternatural, supernatural, unearthly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tapasztalattól független (transcendent), transzcendentális, nehezen érthető (abstruse, unclear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | trascendentale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 超越 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せ"け"てき, ちょうぜ"たる (standing aloof), ちょうしぜ" (occult), ちょうえつ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tarcheimneeoil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anscendentaltray transcendente (surpassing, transcendent), transcendental (abstract, otherworldly, transcendent), visionário (air-monger, castle-builder, doctrinaire, doctrinarian, dreamer, fey, notional, star-gazer, viewy, visional, visionary), vago (empty, faraway, fuzzy, general, half-hearted, hazy, indecisive, indefinite, indescribable, indeterminate, jumbled up, lax, loose, nebulous, neutral, remote, spare, vacant, vague), obscuro (abstruse, blur, dim, dusk, fameless, foggy, hazy, humble, inexplicit, inglorious, misty, mysterious, nameless, obscure, oracular, unclear, unnoted), idealista (castle-builder, dreamer, idealist, idealistic). (various references) transcendental. (various references) трансцендентный. (various references) transcedentalan, eteričan (ethereal). (various references) trascendental (momentous, vital). (various references) transcendental, transcendent (transcendent), dunkel (abstruse, cloudy, dark, darkness, deep, dim, dusk, dusky, gloom, gloominess, gloomy, murky, mysterious, nebulous, obscure, obscurity, opaque, recondite), abstrakt (abstract, abstractly, notional), översinnlig (ethereal). (various references) transandantal, soyut (abstract, discrete, intangible, notional), metafizik (metaphysics), deneyüstü (transcendent), aşkın (out, over, ultra). (various references) трансцендентний (otherworldly), трансцендентальний (supersensible, transcendent), неясний (abstruse, ambiguous, amorphous, blear, blind, blurred, chancy, darkling, doubtful, dusk, faint, fuzzy, hazy, indistinct, misty, nebulose, nebulous, nubilous, obscure, opaque, oracular, oraculous, recondite, shadowy, unaccounted for, unclear, undistinguished, woolly, wooly), незвичайний (extraordinary, king size, non-conventional, offbeat, original, out of the way, outlandish, portentous, unaccustomed, uncommon, unique, unusual). (various references) trừu tượng (academic, metaphysical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "transcendental": transcendentalism, transcendentalisms, transcendentalist, transcendentalists, transcendentally. (additional references) | |
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"Transcendental" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: trancendental, trancentental, transcedental, transcendential, transcendetntal, transcentdental, transendental. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "transcendental" (pronounced tra'nsunde"ntul or tra'nsunde"nul) |
| 6 | -d e" n t u l | accidental, coincidental, dental, incidental, occidental. |
| 5 | -e" n t u l | compartmental, continental, detrimental, developmental, elemental, environmental, experimental, fundamental, gentle, incremental, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, lentil, mental, monumental, nongovernmental, oriental, ornamental, parental, regimental, rental, sentimental, supplemental, temperamental, transcontinental, unsentimental. |
| 4 | -n t u l | Cantle, consonantal, disgruntle, dismantle, frontal, governmental, horizontal, infantile, lintel, mantel, mantle, periodontal, prefrontal, quintal, Wintle. |
| 3 | -t u l | acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, committal, congenital, crustal, crystal, digital, distal, ductile, embattle, entitle, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, futile, genital, glottal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, infertile, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, little, marital, metal, mettle, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nonvolatile, occipital, orbital, parietal, pedestal, petal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, premarital, prenatal, projectile, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, resettle, scuttle, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, tactile, tattle, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transmittal, turtle, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle. |
| 4 | -e" n u l | departmental, fennel, kennel. |
| 3 | -n u l | abdominal, aberrational, aboriginal, additional, adrenal, anal, annal, annul, Arsenal, atonal, attitudinal, autumnal, binational, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, carnal, channel, coeducational, collisional, Colonel, communal, compositional, computational, concessional, conditional, confessional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, congressional, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, cornel, correctional, criminal, Darnel, delusional, denominational, depositional, devotional, diagonal, dimensional, directional, diurnal, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, dysfunctional, educational, emotional, empanel, erosional, eternal, exceptional, external, factional, faunal, fictional, final, flannel, fluxional, foundational, fractional, fraternal, functional, funnel, gastrointestinal, generational, gravitational, hexagonal, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, impersonal, improvisational, infernal, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, internal, international, interpersonal, intestinal, investigational, Invitational, irrational, journal, jurisdictional, juvenile, kernel, latitudinal, longitudinal, luminal, marginal, maternal, medicinal, monoclonal, monsoonal, morainal, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nocturnal, nominal, noncriminal, nonprofessional, nontraditional, nutritional, obsessional, occasional, occupational, octagonal, operational, optional, organizational, original, panel, paternal, penal, personal, phenomenal, polygonal, polyvinyl, processional, professional, promotional, proportional, provisional, rational, recreational, regional, relational, renal, representational, retinal, rotational, seasonal, sectional, semifinal, seminal, sensational, sentinel, shrapnel, signal, situational, spinal, subliminal, superregional, supranational, terminal, tonal, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, tribunal, tunnel, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unemotional, unintentional, unprofessional, untraditional, vaginal, venal, vernal, Vinal, vinyl, virginal, vocational. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-l-n-n-n-r-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: transcendent. | |
-3 letters: attendances. | |
-4 letters: altercated, altercates, alternated, alternates, attendance, centralest, declarants, screenland, transacted, transected, translated. | |
-5 letters: alterants, altercate, alternate, ancestral, annealers, anteaters, antedates, ascendant, ascendent, attenders, calendars, calenders, castrated, catenated, catenates, clattered, decanters, declarant, decretals, ensnarled, entranced, entrances, escalader, escalated, lacerated, lacerates, lannerets, raclettes, reactants, renascent, scattered, tarletans, tendances, tentacled, tentacles, transcend, translate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-l-n-n-n-r-s-t-t" | |
+2 letters: transcendentally. | |
+3 letters: transcendentalism, transcendentalist. | |
+4 letters: transcendentalisms, transcendentalists. | |
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