Defn: Pervious to, or permitting the passage of, heat.
TRANSCEND
Tran*scend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transcended; p. pr. & vb. n.
Transcending.] Etym: [L. transcendere, transcensum; trans beyond,
over + scandere to climb. See Scan.]
1. To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds. Howell.
2. To pass over; to go beyond; to exceed. Such popes as shall transcend their limits. Bacon.
8. To surpass; to outgo; to excel; to exceed. How much her worth transcended all her kind. Dryden.
TRANSCEND
Tran*scend", v. i.
1. To climb; to mount. [Obs.]
2. To be transcendent; to excel. [R.]
TRANSCENDENCE; TRANSCENDENCY Tran*scend"ence, Tran*scend"en*cy,Etym: [Cf. L. transcendentia, F. transcendance.]
1. The quality or state of being transcendent; superior excellence; supereminence. The Augustinian theology rests upon the transcendence of Deity at its controlling principle. A. V. G. Allen.