tran·scen·dent (trn-sndnt) adj. 1. Surpassing others; preeminent or supreme.
2. Lying beyond the ordinary range of perception
3. Philosophy
a. Transcending the Aristotelian categories.
b. In Kant's theory of knowledge, being beyond the limits of experience and hence unknowable.
4. Being above and independent of the material universe. Used of the Deity.