Transcendence

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Transcendence may refer to:

• Transcendence (mathematics)
  • Transcendental number, a real number that is not the root of any polynomial with rational coefficients
  • Transcendental element, an element of a field extension that is not the root of any polynomial with coefficients from the base field
  • Transcendental function, a function which does not satisfy a polynomial equation whose coefficients are themselves polynomials
• Transcendence (philosophy), climbing or going beyond some philosophical concept or limit
• Transcendence (religion), the concept that God is a being who is entirely above the created universe.
• Transcendentalism, a philosophical movement that advocates that there is an ideal spiritual state that 'transcends' the physical and empirical
• Transcendental idealism, a doctrine founded by 18th-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant
• Transcendence (novel), a novel by Charles Sheffield
• Transcendent (novel), a science-fiction novel by Stephen Baxter
• Transcendence (game), a sci-fi game by George Moromisato.

For other possible meanings, see Transcendental.