The bulb is an archaic term for the medulla oblongata and in modern clinical usage the word bulbar (as in bulbar palsy) is retained for terms that relate to the medulla oblongata, particularly in reference to medical conditions.
Pi is transcendental. The endless number cannot be expressed by any algebraic equation. No pattern has been found in its digits, Yet it cannot be proven in a finite amount of time. That no pattern exists in an infinite number of digits. Pi goes beyond our reality.
For other uses, see Transcendence (disambiguation). Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that developed in the late 1820s and 1830s in the eastern United States. It arose as a reaction to or protest against the general state of intellectualism and spirituality at the time. The doctrine of the Unitarian church as taught at Harvard Divinity School was of particular interest.