超ちょう越えつ数すう

noun

transcendental number

A number that is not algebraic, i.e., not a root of any non-zero polynomial with rational coefficients. Technical term used in mathematics.

• 円えん周しゅう率りつπは超ちょう越えつ数すうであることが知しられている。

  It is known that the circular constant π is a transcendental number.