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 can be either close to you or very separate from you
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 (Stephen Baxter), a novel by Stephen Baxter