The tundra biome. Tundra is the coldest of all the biomes. Tundra comes from the Finnish word tunturi, meaning treeless plain. It is noted for its frost-molded landscapes, extremely low temperatures, little precipitation, poor nutrients, and short growing seasons. Dead organic material functions as a nutrient pool.
Full Definition of TRANSCENDENTALISM. 1. : a philosophy that emphasizes the a priori conditions of knowledge and experience or the unknowable character of ultimate reality or that emphasizes the transcendent as the fundamental reality.2.: a philosophy that asserts the primacy of the spiritual and transcendental over the material and empirical. 3.: the quality or state of being transcendental; especially: visionary idealism. â tranÂ·scenÂ·denÂ·talÂ·ist \-tÉ-list\ adjective or noun. See transcendentalism defined for English-language learners.. : a philosophy that emphasizes the a priori conditions of knowledge and experience or the unknowable character of ultimate reality or that emphasizes the transcendent as the fundamental reality. 2. : a philosophy that asserts the primacy of the spiritual and transcendental over the material and empirical.
Overview. American transcendentalism was an important movement in philosophy and literature that flourished during the early to middle years of the nineteenth century (about 1836-1860). The principle of organicism; the concept of the circle. 2  Transcendentalism, like other romantic movements, proposes that the essential nature of human beings is good and that, left in a state of nature, human beings would seek the good.