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transcendent going beyond the ordinary; surpassing; extraordinary. [3 definitions]
transcendental beyond the limits of ordinary experience, thought, or belief; supernatural, visionary, or mystical. [2 definitions]
transcendentalism (sometimes pl.) any of several philosophies based on the belief that reality can be known only through intuition, spiritual guidance, or the study of the processes of thought, and not through sensory or objective experience.
transcontinental going across or spanning a continent. [2 definitions]
Transcontinental Railroad the U.S. railway completed in 1869 that was the first one to connect cities of the Atlantic coast with those of the Pacific coast. [2 definitions]
transcribe to write or type a copy or full version of (something dictated or heard, shorthand notes, or the like). [4 definitions]
transcript an exact copy or reproduction considered as an official record, as of court hearings, a person's academic grades, or the like.
transcriptase an enzyme that is involved in the formation of RNA from DNA during transcription.
transcription the act or product of transcribing. [4 definitions]
transducer a device that converts energy from one form to another, such as a loudspeaker that converts electricity into sound.
transect to cut across or divide by cutting across.
transept the section of a church that crosses the longer, central section or nave at right angles, or either half of this section.
transfer to convey or move from one place or person to another. [10 definitions]
transferable combined form of transfer.
transfer agent an individual, bank, or trust company that is legally designated to supervise the buying and selling of certificates on behalf of a corporation.
transferal a transfer.
transferee one who is transferred. [2 definitions]
transference an act or process of transferring. [2 definitions]
transfer RNA a small, looped RNA that brings amino acids to a developing polypeptide chain. (Cf. messenger RNA.)
transfiguration the act of transforming or the state of being transformed in form or appearance, esp. to an idealized or spiritualized state. [2 definitions]
transfigure to radically change the form or appearance of, esp. for the better; transform; ennoble or beautify. [2 definitions]