Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transcendental function

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: tran-scen-den-tal -func-tion
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any function that is algebraically independent of its variable(s); a function which does not satisfy a polynomial equation whose coefficients are themselves polynomials.

noun

A meromorphic function on the complex plane that is not a rational function.

Example Sentences

"An analytic function is transcendental (i.e., is a transcendental function) if and only if its Riemann surface is noncompact."

Inflected Forms

transcendental functions (plural)

Questions

What does transcendental function mean?: Any function that is algebraically independent of its variable(s); a function which does not satisfy a polynomial equation whose coefficients are themselves polynomials.

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