transcendental function

American

noun

Mathematics.

a function that is not an algebraic function.

transcendental function British

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of transcendental function

First recorded in 1875–80

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