transcendental number

noun

any irrational number that is not an algebraic number

Meanings

nountranscendental number (plural transcendental numbers)

plural transcendental numbers

  1. mathematicsany irrational number that is not an algebraic number

Synonyms & antonyms

Translations

Bengali তুরীয় সংখ্যা
  • তুরীয় সংখ্যা (turiẏo śoṅkha)irrational nonalgebraic number
Chinese Mandarin 超越數 /超越数
  • 超越數 /超越数 (chāoyuèshù)irrational nonalgebraic number
Dutch transcendent getal
  • transcendent getalirrational nonalgebraic number
Finnish transsendenttiluku, transkendenttiluku
  • transsendenttilukuirrational nonalgebraic number
  • transkendenttilukuirrational nonalgebraic number
French nombre transcendant
  • nombre transcendantirrational nonalgebraic number
German transzendente Zahl
  • transzendente Zahlirrational nonalgebraic number
Hindi प्रागनुभविक संख्या
  • प्रागनुभविक संख्या (prāgnubhvik saṅkhyā)irrational nonalgebraic number
Hungarian transzcendens szám
  • transzcendens számirrational nonalgebraic number
Icelandic torræð tala
  • torræð talairrational nonalgebraic number
Japanese 超越数
  • 超越数 (chōetsusū)irrational nonalgebraic number
Korean 초월수
  • 초월수 (chowolsu)irrational nonalgebraic number
Latin numerus transcendens, numerus transcendentalis
  • numerus transcendensirrational nonalgebraic number
  • numerus transcendentalisirrational nonalgebraic number
Persian اعداد متعالی
  • اعداد متعالیirrational nonalgebraic number
Polish liczba przestępna
  • liczba przestępnairrational nonalgebraic number
Russian трансценде́нтное число́
  • трансценде́нтное число́ (transcendéntnoje čisló)irrational nonalgebraic number
Swedish transcendent tal
  • transcendent talirrational nonalgebraic number
Tagalog igpawing bilang
  • igpawing bilangirrational nonalgebraic number
Ukrainian трансцендентне число
  • трансцендентне число (transcendentne čyslo)irrational nonalgebraic number
Welsh rhif trosgynnol
  • rhif trosgynnolirrational nonalgebraic number
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APA

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Chicago

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