TRANSCENDENTAL NUMBER

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Meaning:

An irrational number that is not algebraic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("transcendental number" is a kind of...):

irrational; irrational number (a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "transcendental number"):

pi (the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846...)

e (the base of the natural system of logarithms; approximately equal to 2.718282...)