transcendental function

noun Mathematics.

a function that is not an algebraic function.

Origin of transcendental function

First recorded in 1875–80

Words nearby transcendental function

transcendental analytic, transcendental argument, transcendental dialectic, transcendental ego, transcendental equation, transcendental function, transcendental idealism, transcendental logic, transcendental meditation, transcendental number, transcendental unity of apperception

British Dictionary definitions for transcendental function

transcendental function

noun

maths a function that is not capable of expression in terms of a finite number of arithmetical operations, such as sin x