In mathematics, indefinable by any combination of a finite number of equations with rational integral coefficients.Surpassing; excelling; superior or supreme; extraordinary: as, transcendent worth.In scholastic philos., not included under one of the ten categories; higher than the categories.In Kantian philosophy, transcending experience; unrealizable in experience; not an object of possible experience.Transcending the universe of matter; not essentially connected with the universe; not cosmic: as, a transcendent deity.SynonymsPreëminent, surpassing, supereminent, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled, peerless.n. That which surpasses or excels; anything greatly superior or supereminent.n. In metaphysics: A reality above the categories or predicaments.n. That which is altogether beyond the bounds of human cognition and thought. Compare I., 3.n. In mathematics, a transcendental expression or function.