reaching beyond or existing outside the physical or visible world
Word origin
[1770–80; trans- + mundane]This word is first recorded in the period 1770–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: charade, crescendo, embed, lotto, red flagtrans- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin (transcend; transfix). On this model, trans- is used with the meanings “across,” “beyond,” “through,” “changing thoroughly,” “transverse,”in combination with elements of any origin. Other words that use the affix trans- include: trans-Martian, trans-Siberian, transempirical, transisthmian, transvalue