About The Word Transmutation
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Transmutation
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What's The Definition Of Transmutation?
[n] an act that changes the form or character or substance of something
[n] a qualitative change [n] (physics) the change of one chemical element into another (as by nuclear decay or radioactive bombardment); "the transmutation of base metals into gold proved to be impossible" Synonyms | Synonyms for Transmutation: shift | transformation | transubstantiation Related Terms | Find terms related to Transmutation: See Also | advance | alteration | betterment | change | changeover | conversion | conversion | degeneration | improvement | modification | population shift | pyrolysis | retrogression | sea change | strengthening | sublimation | tin disease | tin pest | tin plague | transition | weakening Transmutation In Webster's Dictionary \Trans`mu*ta"tion\, n. [F. transmutation, L.
transmutatio. See {Transmute}.]
1. The act of transmuting, or the state of being transmuted;
as, the transmutation of metals.
2. (Geom.) The change or reduction of one figure or body into
another of the same area or solidity, but of a different
form, as of a triangle into a square. [R.]
3. (Biol.) The change of one species into another, which is
assumed to take place in any development theory of life;
transformism. --Bacon.
{Transmutation of metals} (Alchem.), the conversion of base
metals into gold or silver, a process often attempted by
the alchemists. See {Alchemy}, and {Philosopher's stone},
under {Philosopher}.
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