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transcendental number

American  

noun

Mathematics.

  1. a number that is not a root of any algebraic equation having integral coefficients, as π or e .

transcendental number British  

noun

  1. maths a number or quantity that is real but nonalgebraic, that is, one that is not a root of any polynomial with rational coefficients such as π or e

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